diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 27c55a0..8e3990f 100644
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@
 # also corresponding *pdf_tex files using inkscape
 
 	abcm2ps -v -O= haydnGF-easy-minuet.abc
-	inkscape -D -z --file=haydnGF-easy-minuet001.svg --export-pdf=haydnGF-easy-minuet001.pdf --export-latex
-	inkscape -D -z --file=haydnGF-easy-minuet002.svg --export-pdf=haydnGF-easy-minuet002.pdf --export-latex
-	inkscape -D -z --file=haydnGF-easy-minuet003.svg --export-pdf=haydnGF-easy-minuet003.pdf --export-latex
+	inkscape --export-filename=haydnGF-easy-minuet001.pdf --export-area-drawing --export-latex haydnGF-easy-minuet001.svg
+	inkscape --export-filename=haydnGF-easy-minuet002.pdf --export-area-drawing --export-latex haydnGF-easy-minuet002.svg
+	inkscape --export-filename=haydnGF-easy-minuet003.pdf --export-area-drawing --export-latex haydnGF-easy-minuet003.svg
 
 	abcm2ps -v -O= haydnGF-easy-trio.abc
-	inkscape -D -z --file=haydnGF-easy-trio001.svg --export-pdf=haydnGF-easy-trio001.pdf --export-latex
-	inkscape -D -z --file=haydnGF-easy-trio002.svg --export-pdf=haydnGF-easy-trio002.pdf --export-latex
+	inkscape --export-filename=haydnGF-easy-trio001.pdf --export-area-drawing --export-latex haydnGF-easy-trio001.svg
+	inkscape --export-filename=haydnGF-easy-trio002.pdf --export-area-drawing --export-latex haydnGF-easy-trio002.svg
 	
 ##	add escapes for "_"'s (12x); and \url{---}for URL; change to scriptsize
 
diff --git a/mdgEntriesSVG2.sh b/mdgEntriesSVG2.sh
index 331bb2e..932fa6e 100755
--- a/mdgEntriesSVG2.sh
+++ b/mdgEntriesSVG2.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ i=0
 while read ifile; 
 do
 	i=`expr $i + 1`
-	inkscape -D -z --file=$ifile --export-pdf=${ifile/.svg/}.pdf --export-latex
+	inkscape --export-filename=${ifile/.svg/}.pdf --export-area-drawing --export-latex $ifile	
 	echo -e "file $i: converted $ifile to \n\t ${ifile/.svg/}.pdf, \n\t ${ifile/.svg/}.pdf_tex"
 	ifileA=${ifile/.svg/}
 	ifileB=${ifileA/gfmt-/}