UsingUsing MS PaintMS Paint

UsingUsing MS PaintMS Paint

by A. Satariano

Launching MS PaintLaunching 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.

Using the ToolsUsing the Toolsfree-form select

eraser fill

eye dropper

pencil

airbrush

line

oval

rectangle

magnifying glass

paint brush

text

curve

polygon

rounded rectangle

rectangle select

The Colour PaletteThe 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:

What can What can you do you do with with

Ms Paint?Ms Paint?

You can draw You can draw straight lines …straight lines …

... using the line

tool

You can draw free-You can draw free-form lines …form lines …

… using the

pencil tool

You can draw an You can draw an ellipse or a circle…ellipse or a circle…

... using the oval

tool

… which you can fill using the fill tool

You can draw You can draw rectangles or rectangles or

squares …squares …

... using the

rectangle tool

… which you can fill using the fill tool

You can draw You can draw curves …curves …

... using the

curve tool

You can draw You can draw polygons …polygons …

... using the

polygon tool

You can type and You can type and format text …format text …

... using the text

tool

You can paint …You can paint …... using

the paint brush

… or by using the Airbrush tool

To take out bits you To take out bits you don’t want you can 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.

To insert a picture To insert a picture ……

2. On the Edit menu, click Paste From.

1. Select an area using the Rectangle Select tool.

3. Specify the name of the bitmap file you want to insert.

4. Click Open.

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

Finally, do not forget to Finally, do not forget to save your work. You can do save your work. You can do

this by …this by …

... clicking Save As on the File

menu. … and then giving a name to the File.

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