Open the Drawing Setup window by choosing File > Drawing Setup from the main menu.
Choose your drawing units, for example inches or centimeters, from the drop-down list. Enter the width (w) and height (h) of your canvas size. When creating a drawing for the printed page, enter the paper size and check "Subtract paper margins." You can access the printer Page Setup from this menu to change printer paper size and orientation.
Drawing margins allow setting optional margins within the drawing canvas area.
Optionally, click the "Background Imageā¦" button to set a background color or a background image for your drawing canvas. The button allows you to pick an image file on disk - the color is set directly using the color well. The print background setting applies to both color and images.
Sometimes graph paper can make it easier to draw. A layer called "Graph Paper" is included in all new drawings, and by default it is not visible. To turn on graph paper, click to activate the “show” (eye) icon on the Graph Paper layer to make it visible.
The graph paper layer is customizable through the Graph Paper pane in the Drawing Setup dialog. Grid line spacing, colors, and rulers are customizable. Note, object drawing can be set to snap to graph paper grid by choosing View > Snap To > Graph Paper from the main menu.