Introduction to MS-Paint

Introduction to MS-Paint

MS Paint is a program used to create drawings and edit photos.

To start MS paint:

 Step1: Click on the Start button.

Step2: Then, click on MS paint.

Some tools used in MS Paint:

Pencil: It is used for drawing or writing anything with a freehand movement.

Eraser: It is used for erasing any parts any part of a picture or text.

Magnifier: It is used to see a drawing in larger sizes.

Brushes: It contains different kinds of brushes to draw with a freehand movement.

How to draw a hut

To make a hut, follow the given steps:

Step1: click the home tab.

Step2: click on rectangle from the shapes group.

Step3: drag and draw a rectangle as shown.

Step4: click on the line from the shapes group.  

Step5: draw the door and windows using rectangle and line.

Step6: choose to fill with color from the tools group. Choose the color to be filled from the colors group and color the hut.

Magnifying a Picture

To magnify means to enlarge the view of an image. It is very helpful to see small lines or images in a large format.

• To magnify an image, follow the given steps:

Step1: click the magnifier from the tools group. The shape of the pointer changes and a rectangular box appears.

Step2: click the part of the picture you want to enlarge.

• To see the original picture again, follow the given steps:

Step1: click on the magnifier from the tools group.

Step2: right- click at any part of the picture to make it come back to its normal size.

Opening a New Drawing

You draw pictures in blank sheets. Whatever you want to draw a new picture you take a new drawing sheet.

Similarly, you need a new drawing area to draw a new picture in paint.

To open a new drawing area, follow the given steps:

Step1: click on the file button. A menu appears.

Step2: click on the new option. Your new drawing area in the paint is ready to use

Saving your work

Storing your work in the computer is called saving.

To save a file in paint, follow the given steps:

Step1: click the file button. A menu appears.

Step2: click on the save option. A new called dialog box appears.

Step3: now, in the file name box, type the name that you want to give to your work.

Step4: click on the save button. You have saved your work in a file in the computer.

Opening a Saved Document

To open a saved work or file, follow the given steps:

Step1: click on the file button.

Step2: click on the open option. The open dialog box appears.

Step3: click the file you want to open.

Step4: click the open button.

Closing MS Paint

When you have completed the drawing, close the paint program.

To close paint, follow the given steps:

Step1: click the Paint button.

Step2: click on Exit option.

Recap

• To start MS paint, click on start button and then MS paint.
• There are some tools used in MS paint such as a pencil, eraser, magnifier, brushes, etc.
• We can draw hut in MS paint using shapes from shapes group and can color it using fill color tool.
• We can magnify a picture in MS paint using magnifier tool.
• To open a new drawing area in MS paint, click on paint and then the new option.
• To save a file in paint, click on file button, then save option and then by giving the file a suitable name.
• To open a file in paint, click on paint button, then open option and then select the file you want to open.
• To close paint, click the file button and the exit option.