I got it!!

Thanks for your patience. I had to open a new document after making the changes to the 'A' slider, but now I can see everything.

Thanks so much for the help.

I have checked the opacity, and have it set at 100%. In the screenshot you will see I selected view outline, and that helped a lot, at least I can see the 2 boxes I created, and I can select them, but still have not been able to fill them.

Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the replies. I am not sure about the layers or opacity. I am running BodhiLinux, and installed Office-Light, which included inkscape. Here is a screenshot. This is from left-click and drag. When I release the mouse button the box stays as you see it displayed. When I click a color, it doe...

OK. This is not my first time using a piece of software, but...I cannot even make a square! I click and drag, and get a dashed line showing the square I have made, but when I click, it vanishes. I cannot make the square stay, fill it, do anything. Same thing if I try to make a circle, and shape at a...