Thanks - I checked using my wife's computer (Win 7 Home Premium and 17" monitor set at 1280x1024 resolution) and the circle is a circle on hers. So went back and checked my monitor and it's the same resolution (1280x1024) so still wondering.....

I'm a newbie, trying to create a business card in inkscape. What I'm seeing on my monitor is distorted from what prints out in a pdf file - what my monitor shows is wider than real life, so a circular logo on my monitor prints as an oval. Thinking this is a monitor issue I've been playing with those...