Thanks! I deleted all guides and started over instead, but this was useful information for the future. Especially that you can let Inkscape do the calculations for you, I didn't know that.

This worked except that my background layer, which is a non-vector image (the ”original”, a jpeg if I remember correctly, could be a png), didn't move. is there a way to move that layer as well? It shouldn't make any difference. I've just tried it with a raster image on the bottom layer, and that m...

There are a few ways to approach this, but here's one of them: 1) Edit > Select All in All Layers to select everything. 2) Object > Transform. 3) In the Transform dialog set the Horizontal field to -20, the units to 'mm', the 'Relative move' checkbox enabled and the 'Apply to each object separately...

Hi! I'm an Inkscape beginner, I have played around with it a little for a couple of hours now, so my question could be very stupid, but at least I looked at the FAQ and online help before opening this topic. It's about layers. I could find how to move them up and down, but not how to move an entire ...