thanks, tylerdurden...and thanks again, Moini.

i really appreciate the help. and the tutorial linkage, and the zoom shortcut list. i'll try 'em out today.

thank you, theozh and Moini. yes, that's the box i asked about. so that's the canvas. that's kind of what i was afraid of. :) so if i want to view my actual image space in more detail, i need to figure out how to resize or zoom that, and maybe save that view as a default preference. thank you both f...

hi...i'm a new inkscape user, running inkscape on windows 10. every new document i create appears with a small black-bordered box or field right in the middle of the window. i have no idea what it's for or why it's there, but i've had no luck trying to get rid of it. it's so distracting and intrusiv...