Practice using these commands by reversing the z-order of the objects below, so that the leftmost ellipse is on top and the rightmost one is at the bottom:
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The Paranormal Romance Guild say – “Georgiana Derwent has managed to merge the world of Oxford University, with its rich history and very British traditions with a totally entertaining and plausible vampire story. This is going to be a favourite series.”
A Tale of the Posh, the Privileged and the Paranormal.
The Cavaliers are the most elite society at Oxford University – rich, powerful, and beautiful. No one realises that they are no ordinary students, but a group of aristocratic vampires from the English Civil War. For four hundred years they have groomed the most promising students to run the government, police, and finance in the way the vampires wish, granting them eternal life in return for absolute obedience.
When Harriet French arrives at Oxford University from her working class northern state school, she’s prepared for a culture shock, but not to become embroiled in the Cavaliers’ scheming and bloodlust. Harriet thought she’d be busy enough juggling her demanding tutor, new friends, and the murky world of student politics. But now, she must find the rebel vampire who is killing off the members, stop the Cavaliers from orchestrating a massacre of the year’s most beautiful and successful students, and defy the Society to be with the man of her dreams.
Oxford Blood is a British, adult, paranormal romance. It’s a tale with vampires that aren’t afraid to kill and a heroine who’s not afraid of sex or her own ambition.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Georgiana Derwent read History at Oxford University. Aside from the vampires, The Cavaliers Series is an exaggerated but fairly accurate portrayal of her time there. She now works in London and lives with her fiance. He’s been very supportive throughout the writing of her books, mainly because he likes to claim that all the most attractive characters are based on him.
Georgiana fell in love with vampire novels after reading “The Vampire Diaries” back in 2000. At the time it was a struggle to find any similar paranormal romances, a situation that it’s fair to say seems to have been rectified in the last few years. She now loves paranormal series such as True Blood, fantasy novels, and modern literary works in roughly equal measure.
Ever since her teens, she wanted to write a vampire series. Ever since going to Oxford she wanted to write a book about her experiences there. During a dull few months between finishing university and starting her graduate job, she had the idea of combining the two and “The Cavaliers Series” was born.
Panning the canvas
There are many ways to pan (scroll) the document canvas. Try Ctrl + arrow keys to scroll by keyboard. (Try this now to scroll this document down.) You can also drag the canvas by the middle mouse button. Or, you can use the scrollbars (press Ctrl + B to show or hide them). The wheel on your mouse also works for scrolling vertically; press Shift and move the wheel to scroll horizontally.
The easiest way to zoom is by pressing – and + (or = ) keys. You can also use Ctrl + middle click or Ctrl + right click to zoom in, Shift + middle click or Shift + right click to zoom out, or rotate the mouse wheel with Ctrl . Or, you can click in the zoom entry field (in the bottom right region of the document window, labelled “Z”), type a precise zoom value in %, and press Enter . We also have the Zoom tool (in the toolbar on left) which lets you to zoom into an area by dragging around it.
Inkscape also keeps a history of the zoom levels you’ve used in this work session. Press the ` key to go back to the previous zoom, or Shift + ` to go forward.
Inkscape tools
The vertical toolbar on the left shows Inkscape’s drawing and editing tools. Depending on your screen resolution, the Commands bar with general command buttons, such as “Save” and “Print”, can be found either in the top part of the window, right below the menu, or on the right side of the window. Right above the white Canvas Area , there’s the Tool Controls bar with controls that are specific to each tool. The status bar at the bottom of the window will display useful hints and messages as you work.
Many operations are available through keyboard shortcuts. Open Help ⇒ Keys and Mouse Reference to see the complete list of available shortcuts.
Creating and managing documents
To create a new empty document, use File ⇒ New or press Ctrl + N . To create a new document from one of Inkscape’s many templates, use File ⇒ New from Template… or press Ctrl + Alt + N .
To open an existing SVG document, use File ⇒ Open ( Ctrl + O ). To save, use File ⇒ Save ( Ctrl + S ), or File ⇒ Save As ( Shift + Ctrl + S ) to save under a new name. (While Inkscape comes with its Autosave feature enabled, it is still recommended that you follow the best practice to “save early, save often“.)
Inkscape uses the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format for its files. SVG is an open standard widely supported by graphic software. SVG files are based on XML and can be edited with any text or XML editor (apart from Inkscape, that is). Besides SVG, Inkscape can import and export many other file formats. You can find lists of the supported file formats in the Save and Import dialogs.
Inkscape opens a separate document window for each document. You can navigate among them using your window manager (e.g. by Alt + Tab ), or you can use the Inkscape shortcut, Ctrl + Tab , which will cycle through all open document windows. (Create a new document now and switch between it and this document for practice.) Note: Inkscape treats these windows like tabs in a web browser, this means the Ctrl + Tab shortcut only works with documents running in the same process. If you open multiple files from a file browser or launch more than one Inkscape process from an icon it may not work.
