Hi,

today I tried to make a quarter of a cirkle with Inkscape. Quit easy. Something like this: http://kalaalog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/step-04.png or

But when I try to fill both the white areas on both sides of the curved line I get the message: area not bound. cannot fill.

How do I bind areas or can anyone give me the answer to how it will be possible for me to fill both blank areas?

Techically, that's an arc not a quarter circle. It might seem trivial, but an arc, as your error suggests, is not bound. A quarter circle would have an arc joined by two lines that are perpendicular to each other (like a slice of cake) - that's a bound shape. An arc is just a line and you can't fill a line.

If you are filling both blank areas with the same colour, I would draw a box the same shape, fill it, and put it behind the arc.
If you want to fill each blank area with two different colours, I would do the same again, but then I would use tool to close the path (i.e make it a quarter circle) and fill it with the other colour. Note: to use to add to the path, select the path then start drawing from one of the end nodes.

Note, if your using you don't need to. Just set the fill property for the selected object. The tool creates new objects in the shape of the area you are using it on... I hope that makes sense.

This is embarassing: I can't find the Paint Bucket tool.

I'm using version 0.45 and I see all of the other tools on the toolbar on the left. Where is it?

The paint bucket tool isn't in 0.45. It will be in 0.46, which should be out soon (or you can download the pre-release if you're impatient).

the_great_inkscape wrote:I'm using version 0.45 and I see all of the other tools on the toolbar on the left. Where is it?

Since you're using 0.45 you can ignore my last scentence.