(Chapter 4: Fun With Paint); "Starting Paint,Selecting an Image -Rectangular selection, Free-Form selection "

Paint program is used to draw and colour new pictures on the computer.

Starting Paint

To start Paint, follow these steps:

Step 1 – Click on Start button. Scroll to find letter W in the program list.

Step 2 – Click on Windows Accessories.

Step 3 – A drop down list appears. Click on Paint.

The Paint window is displayed. Look at the Paint window shown below:

Different tools of MS Paint:

Pencil Tool – This tool is used for freehand drawing.

Eraser Tool – This tool is used to erase/remove the drawings, texts or shapes.

Fill with Color Tool – This tool is used to fill colours in a closed figure.

Text Tool – This tool is used to write in Paint.

Brushes Tool – This tool is used to draw anything with a freehand movement. The brushes tool has different thickness options. We can change the thickness of the Brush.

Line Shape – This shape is used to draw lines in any direction from ‘top’ to ‘bottom’ or from ‘left’ to ‘right’.

Rectangle Shape – This shape is used to draw squares or rectangles of different sizes.

Oval Shape – This shape is used to draw ovals or circles of different sizes. A circle is absolutely round but an oval is egg shaped.

Rounded Rectangle Shape – This shape is used to draw rectangles or squares with rounded corners.

Polygon Shape – This shape is used to draw a closed shape with straight lines.

Curve Shape – This shape is used to draw curved lines.

Selecting an Image

Select command is used to select a drawing or a part of a drawing. It is mainly used when you want to move your drawing from one place to another.

It provides two types of selection –

1) Rectangular Selection and

2)Free-Form Selection.

Rectangular Selection

It is used to select the drawing in rectangular form as per need. To select the drawing, follow these steps:

Step 1 – Click on the Home tab.

Step 2 – Click on the down arrow, under Select command.

Step 3 – Click on Rectangular selection.

Step 4 – Hold the left button of the mouse and drag over the drawing to select it. Release the left button of the mouse.

Free-Form Selection

It is used to select the drawing in free form as per need. To select the drawing, follow these steps:

Step 1 – Click on Home tab.

Step 2 – Click on the down arrow, under Select command.

Step 3 -  Click on Free-Form Selection.

Step 4 – Hold the left button of the mouse and drag over the drawing to select it. Release the left button of the mouse. The selected part is shown outside the drawing.