Brynn,

Reading your article solved my problem.
Going to the Object menu and opening the Fill and Stroke window enabled me to see that opacity had been set to 0%.

Thank you for your help! Now I can get back to learning Inkscape which I am enjoying.

Sabi

I am new to Inkscape so this may be caused by a simple newbie error...When I use the square or circle tool, no squares or circles appear. I use the fill and stroke commands but to no avail.

Thank you for helping a newbie

Sabi