Thanks a lot, both, for helping me out on this one!

I followed the steps provided by Ragnar and that solved it perfectly.

Will also keep the link to the Inkskape Guide handy

I would like to remove parts of a shape by using another shape as a "cookie cutter". In the enclosed file there are two red shapes. Those parts of the image should actually be transparent. But when I remove those red shapes the blue shape below shows. What I am trying to accomplish (i gues...