MS PAINT

Paint is a feature in Windows 7 that you can use to create drawings on a blank drawing area or in
existing pictures. Many of the tools you use in Paint are found in the Ribbon, which is near the top of
the Paint window. The following illustration shows the Ribbon and other parts of Paint.

To open MS Paint
 Click on start Menu
 Click on All Programs
 Click on Accessories
 Click on Paint
Or WinKey+R And type mspaint
You can use several different tools to draw in Paint. The tool you use and the options you select
determine how the line appears in your drawing. These are the tools you can use to draw lines in Paint.

1. Pencil tool- Use the Pencil tool to draw thin, free-form lines or curves.
2. Brushes- Use the Brushes tool to draw lines that have a different appearance and
texture—it's like using different artistic brushes. By using different brushes, you can draw free-
form and curving lines that have different effects.
3. Line tool- Use the Line tool to draw a straight line. When using this tool, you can choose
the thickness of the line, as well as the appearance of it.
4. Curve tool- Use the Curve tool to draw a smooth, curved line.

Drawing different shapes- You can use Paint to add different shapes in a picture. The ready-made
shapes range from traditional shapes—rectangles, ellipses, triangles, and arrows—to fun and
unusual shapes, such as a heart, lightning bolt, or callouts (to name a few). If you want to make our
own custom shape, you can use to the Polygon tool to do this.

5. Polygon tool- Use the Polygon tool to make a custom shape with any number of sides.

6. Adding text - In Paint, you can also add your own text or message in your picture.

7. Text tool - Use the Text tool to enter text in the picture.
8. Select tool- Use the Select tool to select part of the picture that you want to change.
9. Crop- Use Crop to crop a picture so only the part you selected appears in your picture.
Cropping lets you change the picture so only the selected object or person is visible.
10. Rotate- Use Rotate to rotate the whole picture or a selected part of it.
11. Erasing part of a picture- Use the Eraser tool to erase areas of your picture.

12. Resizing a picture or part of it- Use Resize to resize the whole image or to resize an object
or part of a picture. You can also skew an object in the picture so that it appears slanted.

13. Change the drawing area size- Do one of the following, depending on how you want to
resize the drawing area:

To resize the drawing area and make it larger, drag one of the small white boxes on the edge of
the drawing area to the desired size.
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To resize the drawing area by entering a specific size, click the Paint button , and then click
Properties. In the Width and Height boxes, enter the new width and height, and then click OK.

14. Skew an object- On the Home tab, click Select, and then drag the pointer to select the area or
object.
15. Cut and paste- Use Cut to cut a selected object and paste it in another part of your picture.
When you cut a selected area, the area that is cut is replaced with the background color.
Therefore, if your picture has a solid background color, you might want to change the Color 2
color to match the background color before cutting the object.
16. Copy and paste-Use Copy to copy a selected object in Paint. This is useful if you have lines,
shapes, or text that you want to appear multiple times in your picture.
17. Paste a picture into Paint-Use Paste from to paste an existing picture file into Paint. After you
paste the picture file, you can edit it without changing the original (as long as you save the edited
picture with a different file name than the original).In the Clipboard group, click the arrow under
Paste, and then click Paste from.Find the picture file that you want to paste into Paint, click it,
and then click Open.

18. Working with color- There are a number of tools to help you work specifically with color in
Paint. They let you use the colors you want when you're drawing and editing in Paint.

19. Saving and using your picture- When editing in Paint, you should save your work

20. frequently so you don't accidentally lose it. After you save your picture, you can use it on
your computer or share it with others in e-mail.

To Save A file Follow the steps

 Click on File
 Click on Save
 Select the destination where you want to save the file
 Type a file Name
 Click on Save

To Open A file Follow the steps

 Click on File
 Click on Open
 Select the destination where your file saved
 Select the file
 Click on Open