MS-PAINT
Introduction:
Paint is a drawing tool. It is a part of Windows. You can
use to create simple or elaborate drawings. These drawings can be either
black-and-white or colour and can be saved as bitmap files. You can print your
drawing. You can also use it for creating your desktop background or paste it
into another document. You can even use paint to view and edit scanned photos.
You can also use Paint to work with pictures, such as .jpg, .gif, or .bmp
files. You can paste a Paint picture into another document you've created. The
extension file name of Paint is .bmp.
Choose Start > Search> Paint to open the
main Paint Window.
Title Bar:
It is positioned top of windows. It shows the name of the
application, document or Filename.
Menu Bar:
It is positioned below the title bar. It contains File,
Edit, View, Image, Options, and Help etc.
Tool Box
It has 16 Tools like Pencil, Eraser, and Line Etc. We can
you these tools for Drawing Something.
Colour Box
It has many Colors. You can you these Colors for your
painting.
Status Bar
It shows the status of our Mouse Pointer and other options.
Scroll Bar:
[Horizontal and Vertical]:
We used this option when the document does not fit in the
window or Zoomed.
Minimize
Button:
With the help of this option, you can reduce the window to
an icon and arranges it on the desktop. This option does not quit the
application.
Maximize
Button:
With the help of this option, you can enlarge the active
window so that it fills the entire desktop.
Close
Button:
This icon is used to close your current application
windows.
FILE MENU:
New:
The new command is used to create a new file document.
Open:
The open command is used to open an existing document.
Save:
The save command is used to save the active document or the
changes in the existing file.
Save As:
The Save As command is used to save the active document
with a new name.
Print
Preview:
The Print Preview command is used to Display the full
pages.
Page Setup:
The page setup command is used to change the page layout
left, Right, Top and Bottom margins.
Print:
The print command is used to print the active document and
sets printing options.
Send:
The send command is used to send a picture by using the mailer
box.
Set As
wallpaper [Tiled]:
To set the active File on the desktop wallpaper as a
tilled.
Set As
wallpaper [centered]:
To set the active File on the desktop wallpaper in the
Center.
Exit:
To Close the paint.
Home Menu
Undo:
To undo the last action or step.
Undo
To redo the previously undone action.
Cut:
To cut the selection from the active document and places it
on the clipboard.
Copy:
To copy the selection and puts it on the clipboard.
Paste:
To Paste the cut or copied contents from the clipboard.
Clear
Selection:
To deletes the selection but it cannot be paste.
Select All:
To select the all text and graphics in the selected object.
Paste From:
This option is used to paste another file into the active
file.
Free From Select:
It
is used to selects a free from part of the picture to move, copy or edit.
Select:
It
is used to selects a rectangular part of the picture to move, copy or edit.
Eraser/Color Eraser:
It
is used to erase a portion of the picture using the selected eraser shape.
Fill with colour:
It
is used to fills an area with the current drawing colour.
Pick Color:
It
is used to pick up a colour from the picture for drawing.
Magnifier:
It
is used to magnify the drawing.
Pencil:
It
is used to draw a freehand drawing from line one pixel wide.
Brush:
It
is used to draw drawings using a brush with the selected shape and size.
Airbrush:
It
is used to draw airbrush drawings of the selected size.
Text:
It
is used to inserts text into the picture.
Line:
It
is used to draw a line with the selected line width.
Curve:
It
is used to draw a curved line with the selected line width.
Rectangle:
It
is used to draw a rectangle with the selected fill style.
Polygon:
It
is used to draw a polygon with the selected fill style.
Ellipse /Circle:
It
is used to draw an ellipse with the selected fill style.
Rounded Rectangle:
It
is used to draw a rounded rectangle with the selected fill style.
VIEW MENU:
Zoom:
Normal Size: To Zoom the picture to 100%.
Large Size: To Zoom the picture to 400%.
Custom: To Display the size of the zoom Like 100%
to 800%.
Show Grid:
Shows or hides the grid lines on large size zoom.
IMAGE MENU:
Flip/Rotate:
To Flip or Rotate the picture or a selection of currently
using
File.
Stretch/Skew:
To Stretch or skews the picture or your text or a selection
of your currently using file.
Shortcuts
Keys
Ctrl
+ N : New
Ctrl
+ O : Open
Ctrl
+ S : Save
Ctrl
+ P : Print
Ctrl
+ Z : Undo
Ctrl
+ Y : Repeat/Redo
Ctrl
+ X : Cut
Ctrl
+ C : Copy
Ctrl
+ V : Paste
Ctrl
+ A : Select All
Ctrl
+ T : Tool Box
Ctrl
+ L : Color Box
Ctrl
+ F : View Bitmap
Ctrl
+ R : Flip/ Rotate
Ctrl
+ W : Stretch/Skew
Ctrl
+ I : Invert Colors
Ctrl
+ E : Attributes
Ctrl
+ Shift + N : Clear Image
Alt
+ F4 : Exit
Ctrl
+ Page Up : Normal Size
Ctrl +
Page Down : Large
Size
Alt
+ Space + R : Restore
Alt
+ Space + M : Move
Alt
+ Space + S : Size
Alt
+ Space + N : Minimize
Alt
+ Space + X : Maximize
Alt + Space + C : Close