Thanks everyone for your time in responding to my post. I was able to create what I wanted by using the Grid. I usually do not like grids because for me I find them distracting so after making some guide lines using the grid for positioning I turned off the grid. I appreciate all the help that you e...

Can you adjust the precision of the rulers in Inkscape? I like to have mine set to inches but for a lot of lay out work the default settings are too coarse, the default setting is set at 1/4 inch 0.250". Is there a way to set this to have graduations of at least 1/8 or even 1/16th of an inch wi...