Inkscape Inkscape: Move text along a path Shift-right-click and choose "Install for all users". Inkscape: Move text along a path From the Inskcape Manual: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Text-Path.html: use ALT and the arrow keys. Using the XML Editor In Inkscape, open the XML Editor  Ctrl+ Shift+ X. In the XML Editor, find the  . (You can click the text in Inkscape to jump to it in the XML Editor.) Select the   child of the  . On the right side of the XML Editor in the box next to the Set button, enter  startOffset. Below it, enter the value you want to move along the path. Click Set.