MS PAINT NOTES IN ENGLISH

MS PAINT NOTES

MS Paint is mainly a basic graphic or drawing editor. It is also known as Paint tool. With its help, we can easily do normal graphic designing and drawing related work in computer such as graphic designing, making shapes, filling colors, painting, drawing lines, adding text, cropping or rotating the image, etc.

Ms Paint

Various types of tools are also available in it. You can save the drawings created by these tools in various formats such as (.JPG, .PNG, .GIF and .BMP).

You can use it for free in all devices. It was first introduced in 1985. MS Paint software is very easy to learn. Overall, it comes out that in MS Paint you can create a new drawing or pick up any image and edit it.

1. MS Paint Button

MS Paint Button Its function is to select different options and export as per your requirement. You get it in Quick Access Toolbar.

2. Quick Access Toolbar

Quick Access Toolbar MS Paint Using this, you can use MS Paint in speed. For example, the tool which you have to use by going to the menu, you can use it as a shortcut with the help of this tool.

3. Title bar

Title bar MS Paint is at the topmost part. Its function is only to show the name of your file. If you do not save it, then it will show as ‘untitled’.

4. RibboN

In which you get Clipboard, image, tools, shapes, colours etc., this is called RibboN.

5. Scroll bar

Scroll bar MS Paint has scale bars on both sides of the drawing area. Once it is vertically, which is used to move the canvas up and down and the second time it is horizontal, which is used to move the canvas left and right.

6.Status Bar

The status bar is just below the drawing area. In the right corner below this bar, there is a tool called “Zoom Level” with the help of which the canvas can be zoomed in and zoomed out. And in the left corner, the pixel size of the drawing is shown and next to it the width and height of the canvas are shown.

7. Drawing Page Area

This is your page which you can paint and create any graphic by drawing. This is also called “Canvas or Work Area”.

1. New: With its help, we use it to take a new page.

2. Open: We use it to open an existing MS Paint file.

3. Save: We use it to save the currently opened paint in the hard disk.

4. Save As: Its function is also to save the file but with its help you use it to change the format and save it in another path.

5. Print: It is used to print the currently opened paint file.

6. From Scanner or Camera : It is used when you want to insert a picture from a scanner or camera in MS Paint.

7. Send in E-mail : It is used to mail the current paint file to someone with the help of Outlook.

8.Set as Desktop background : It is used to set the current paint file as desktop wallpaper.

Note: If our file is not saved in the hard disk, then first a save dialog box will open for you to save it. Only after saving it can you save it as background.

9. Properties : It is used to see the attribute, unit, color, width and height of the paint file.

10. About Paint : It is used to know about MS Paint. In this you will get to see the version of your paint and the name of the operating system.

11. Exit : It is used to close the open paint.

Description of Home Menu

In the home menu, you will find 5 groups which are as follows

1. Clipboard

2. Image

3. Tools

4. Shapes

5. Colors

Clipboard has three options.

1. Cut: Through this, you can use any part of the drawing after selecting it. As soon as you click on cut after selecting, the part of your selected drawing area will be removed and go to the clipboard, which you can paste on the page with the help of paste.

2. Copy: After selecting any part of the drawing, on copying it, it will be duplicated and go to the clipboard, which can be brought to the page by pasting.

3. Paste : is used to paste the cut and copied text, image, drawing. There is another option inside this, Paste From. When you click on it, a box will open for you to select an image. To select an image, click on Open, then your image will be inserted in Paint.

Image Inside this you will get 4 options!

1. Select : Through this you use it to select in rectangular and free form on the drawing page.

2. Crop : (This option will work only after selection) Through this you can use it to crop any selection so that the part which is selected, only that part remains after cropping.

3. Resize: Through this you can change the size of any selection and can also use skew.

4. Rotate : Through this you can rotate any selected drawing, object.

Tools Inside this you will get 7 options which are as follows-

1. Pencil : Through this you can use it to draw free form line which works according to the selected size. The shortcut key to decrease the size is Ctrl+ Numpad-, the shortcut key to increase is Ctrl+ Numpad +.

2. Paint Bucket : You use it to fill colors in the drawing. If you left click to fill the left, then the foreground color will be filled. If you right click, then the background color will be filled.

3. Text : You use it to write text on the page. When you start writing text, one more menu will be added to it.

Description of Text Menu

Inside this you will find two groups which are respectively! Font, Background

Font Inside this you will get options to style your text.

1. Font Family : With its help, the style of the selected text or paragraph is changed.

2. Font Size :It is used to make the size of the text smaller or bigger. If you want to make a single paragraph or word smaller or bigger, then first select it and only then change the FONT size.

3. Bold: Ctrl+B is used to make the selected text bold.

4. Italic : Ctrl+I is used to make the selected text slant.

5. Underline : Ctrl+U is used to underline the selected text.

6. Strike Through : is used to put a cut mark in the middle of the selected text.

Inside Background:  you will get two options which are as follows

1. Opaque : If you use this, then while writing the text, you will get to see a background color i.e. the text will be written in a box

2. Transparent : Through this you can make the text visible, there will be no background behind it!

4. Eraser : Through this, the drawn object is used to erase it in free form, to increase or decrease its size, the same shortcut keys are used which are used to increase or decrease the pencil size.

5. Color Picker : Through this, you use to copy any created color. Like you have created a color and filled it in an object which is not in your color box and you want to fill the same color in another object then through this you can pick the color you want and then fill it with the paint bucket.

6. Magnifier: It is used to zoom in and view the page.

7. Brushes: With the help of this option you can create attractive designs by using different brushes.

Shapes: Inside this you will get 3 options whose functions are as follows.

1. Shapes: Inside this you will get many types of shapes which you can draw and fill with color.

2. Shape Outline: Through this you can make the outline of any object thick and thin. But keep in mind that it should remain selected after drawing or you will have to make the outline thick and thin before drawing.

3. Shape Fill: Through this you can select before drawing any object what kind of color should be filled after drawing i.e. solid color, water color etc. First click on the shape you want to draw, then go to Shape Fill and select the style you want to fill in it.

Colors: Inside this, you will get 5 options which are as follows-

1. Size: Through this, you can increase the size of pencil or eraser. If you want to increase the size given in it, then

Pressing the plus : (CTRL (+)) of the numpad with the control button will increase the size and pressing the minus (CTRL (-)) with the control will decrease it.

2. Color 1: This is the Foreground color. You will use the color selected from this to fill in any object from the paint bucket.

3. Color 2: This is the Background color. Whatever color is selected in this, when erased with the eraser, the same color will start appearing on your page.

4. Color Palate: In this box, you will find many colors which you use to fill in any object.

5. Edit Colors: Through this, you can create colors according to your choice and after creating colors, you can keep them in your color palette box.

Description of View Menu: Inside this, you will find 3 groups which are respectively! Zoom, Show or Hide, Display.

1. Zoom In : is used to enlarge the page.

2. Zoom Out : is used to reduce the page to see it.

3. 100% : Through this, you can view the zoomed or zoomed out page in 100% size.

Show or Hide

1. Ruler : Through this, you can use it to bring and hide your ruler bar.

2. Grid lines : Through this, you can use it to see the page as grid lines, this view is used to hide and bring.

3. Status bar : Through this, you can hide and show the status bar.

Display

1. Full Screen : Through this, you can see your drawing in full screen.

2. Thumbnail : Through this, you can show and hide the thumbnail.