Using MS Paint

1. UsingMS Paint by A. Satariano

2. Launching MS Paint • Click on the Start Button • Move the mouse up to the Programs Folder. • Then move the mouse up to the Accessories Folder. • Mouse over to the Paint icon, and click on it.

4. Using the Tools rectangle select free-form select eraser fill magnifying glass eye dropper paint brush pencil text airbrush line curve rectangle polygon oval rounded rectangle

5. The Colour Palette To select the colour you’re working with, you use the Colour Palette. The Colour Palette is a part of the main Paint window, and looks like this:

6. What can you do with Ms Paint?

7. You can draw straight lines … ... using the line tool

8. You can draw free-form lines … … using the pencil tool

9. You can draw an ellipse or a circle… … which you can fill using the fill tool ... using the oval tool

10. You can draw rectangles or squares … … which you can fill using the fill tool ... using the rectangle tool

11. You can draw curves … ...using the curve tool

12. You can draw polygons … ... using the polygon tool

13. You can type and format text … ... using the text tool

14. You can paint … ... using the paint brush … or by using the Airbrush tool

15. To take out bits you don’t want you can … ... rub them off using the eraser. … click on Edit and then Undo or simply by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the Z key. … start again completely by pressing Image and after Clear Image.

16. To insert a picture … 1.Select an area using the Rectangle Select tool. • On the Edit menu, click Paste From. • Specify the name of the bitmap file you want to insert. • Click Open.

17. To print … On the File menu click Print.

18. Finally, do not forget to save your work. You can do this by … ... clicking Save As on the File menu. … and then giving a name to the File.

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