I'm a big fat dork! I knew when I hit post something was going to miraculously hit me. I'm coming from a long history of Paint workarounds, so the idea of having to resize the canvas is foreign (and glorious) to me. Thanks for your help! I didn't know about being able to hide the border. I'll keep t...

I am a brand new Inkscape user - only downloaded it a few hours ago. Wanted something more robust than Paint to do a few small-time graphics projects at work. I am not a graphic designer by trade. When I open a new canvas, there is a rectangle in the center of the canvas that cannot be selected or d...