Hey Brynn, thanks for the reply. I guess I am beginner being quite naive about file size. I'll try out your tip with the clones. Wasn't aware that they indeed increase file size so much. I decided to put single graphics into a slide presentation instead of doing one big poster. Took me long for that...

Thanks to both of you. I use Win7 upgraded to 4GB DDR2 a few minutes ago. (inkscape: 0.48) I was using Ubuntu before that ... same problem. If I call stroke and fill menu the waiting clock appears but never disappears until finally I get some "time-out" message. Using layers, disabling fil...

Thanks for the warm welcome to the forum and your input Brynn and chriswww! I will check that extension repository out, thanks wasn't aware of that before. I will have a look into DaVinci's noteboook. Guess my old art teacher would be proud of me doing this, ;-) Yes, inkscape is amazing. Unfortunate...

Hi Folks, I just joined the forum, as I probably love inkscape as much as you do. I am just a beginner and often learned there are simpler ways in using inkscape for certain effects involving multiplicities of objects than mere manual work. Could you therefore tell me whether a method exists to do t...