Guides and Manuals

There are various manuals and guides on the web, both official and unofficial, that may help you with learning Inkscape. Some of them are listed below.

Inkscape Beginner's Guide

Inkscape has an official Beginner's Guide that goes over the basics of Inkscape and gets you up to speed. To access the manual, click on the following ReadTheDocs-hosted page: https://inkscape-manuals.readthedocs.io/.

The manual serves as a middle ground between the built-in tutorials and this manual. You can use it as a quick reference to look up the basics of tools and procedures.

If you commonly work offline, there are also PDF and EPUB versions available.

A Guide to Inkscape

Although old, this is one of the most comprehensive resources to learn Inkscape to date. It is authored by Tavmjong Bah, Inkscape developer and W3C representee for Inkscape. This manual serves as the de-facto official manual since its publication in 2017.