Using MS Paint by A. Satariano

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.

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

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:

What can you do with Ms Paint?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 … On the File menu click Print.

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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