Use Inkscape To Create PDF Documents, Ebooks, Manuals, and More

In this tutorial I'll be demonstrating how you can use Inkscape for desktop publishing purposes to create things like reports, manuals, ebooks, and various other types of PDF documents. Granted, Inkscape probably isn't the best tool for this sort of thing, but if you just need to create a simple 2 or 3 page document, or maybe even a short ebook, and you're already somewhat familiar with Inkscape, then it would probably be more practical than taking the time to learn an entirely new piece of software like Scribus or InDesign. I've used Inkscape myself to create manuals and ebooks in the past so it's perfectly capable in that regard.

If you need to merge multiple PDFs together then check out PDFsam: https://pdfsam.org/

Want to learn more about how Inkscape works? Check out the Inkscape Master Class - a comprehensive series of over 50 videos where I go over every tool, feature and function in Inkscape and explain what it is, how it works, and why it's useful: https://logosbynick.com/inkscape/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:02 Setting up the document
01:57 Changing document presets
02:59 Setting page color and margins
04:55 Creating the actual design
16:19 Saving as PDF
17:13 Creating a multi page PDF
18:13 Conclusion

Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission