I must make a post at this stage to avoid deletion. So I will ask some questions that puzzle me.

Q1. I have tried to use the snap modes, but nothing moves. How are these modes activated?

Q2. Is there a good method to determine the grid spacing?

Q3 With Calligraphy, I see the Fill and Stroke boxes and can adjust the Fill, but how do I adjust the Stroke dimensions?

With Freehand there is a Stroke, but I can't see a Fill!

With Bezier, I see Stroke, but no Fill. I seem to be only able to stop the drawing by left clicking (left hand mouse). Is this odd

You have to toggle snap with the first button in the snap toolbar "Enable Snapping" (or %) in order for the other snap modes to have an effectUnder Document Properties there is a grid tab that will indicate the various grids in the document and the snap to grid behavior.Fill and stroke in Calligraphy mode are a bit different, as the "fill" is really what you would consider the stroke with an actual calligraphy pen, and the "stroke" is an outline around that.
Both freehand and bezier can have stroke and fills - it just depends what they are set as. And you can stop drawing a bezier curve by double-clicking the endpint node, right- (or in your case left-) clicking, or hitting enter.

-Rob A>

Thank you for responding.

I'll take a further look at Inkscape and bear you comments in mind.

I expect to be back.

Best wishes.

A

How are they set?