One reason I was confused about the difference is that at first, my monitor profile was used for an embedded image but not for a linked image. But now, it is used for both. Does this make any sense? I suppose I just did something wrong, but I haven't been able to tell what it was.

I think the coupon was for a copy of the pdf file, and I already used it.

Thanks. It turns out I had bought both the book and the pdf version, which are registered. However, they are just the Third Edition, which is what the online help version is. Your other links give a link to a draft of the fourth edition, but I don't see any way to download it. In any case, what I'm ...

Previously if I opened a .jpg or .tif file in inkscape, it just opened. Now, with the latesst release, it gives me a choice between embed of limk. I don't understand the difference. I tried looking the manual but that wasn't much help. Can someone point me somewherre else to look? Earlier, it did se...

I bought the hard copy inkscape manual. I am now using insckape 0.48 under Fedora 14 on a new machine. I find it has changed from the version which the manual describes. It would be nice if I could download the new manual for free. Expecting us to purchase a new manual with each release is a bit muc...

I imported a jpeg image and then used Path>Trace Bitmap to dissect it into various objects, which I modified. But when reassembling them, it would have been helpful if I could have `cropped' just what I wanted; i.e. cut out sections I didn't want. I was unable to figure out how to do that. Any sugge...

I created a bezier path. I figured out how to split it into two paths at a node. But the two curves still form a single object. For example, I can't move just one of them. The documentation seems to say that I should use Shift+Ctrl+G to ungroup the combined object into separate objects. I've used th...