Paint
Draw images with Paint
You can view
pictures, draw your own images, with a very useful
application called Paint go to Start>>Programs>>AccessoriesWhen you run Paint a window appears with a white rectangle inside, this is where you can draw your images.
If you like to draw pictures, you will find Paint a very interesting
program, many graphic artists used Paint to draw sensational images, even cartoon characters.
On your left is
the toolbar each small icon represents a tool.I am sure you will instantly recognize all the tools: you have a pencil, eraser, airbrush, text tool it's like you have the real thing.
At the bottom is color palette this is where pick colors at your left-bottom you can see two overlapping squares
. The one at the back is the background color and at the front is the foreground color. You should have a white square at back since your paper
is white and a black square at front.
The pencil tool is already selected, begin to draw.
If you want to draw a geometric figure don't worry, pick the ellipse or rectangle icon or even the polygon.
If you can't draw a straight line just click on
and drag.You can specify a border thickness for each shape you draw click on straight line or curve to choose the thickness, now pick the ellipse, polygon, rectangle to draw the shape, select
to draw a rounded rectangle.To clear and start over again select Image>>Clear image
When drawing
closed shaped objects like rectangles, ovals, you can
fill the objectswith the paper/background color or choose
a colors from color palette
When you select the rectangle, ellipse any closed shape: three rectangles appear
pick first to draw object outlines with no fills, the second to draw an object filled
with background color, the third let you draw shapes filled with foreground colors.
Notice that second and third style can overlap, first is transparent.
Use polygon tool
to you draw an
n-shaped object like hexagon, you can have as many sides
as you want, click anywhere on the white paper and drag
to draw the first line move and click again, the second
line is created, each time you click a new connected line
is drawn.Suppose you've drawn an open shape, just double-click and a connected line is generated closing the shape. Any object drawn with polygon tool will always be
a closed shape.
Use
to fill your
objects with a color. You can also use 
and
to add colorsto your images. When using the Airbrush/brush, experiment with different brush types
to create nice color effects.
To pick a color from an image click on
As we've seen we have two kinds of shapes called objects: closed objects like a polygon, circle, rectangle and open objects like a line or curve, only closed objects
can be filled with a color.
When drawing with
always double-click
to finish or else the image will disappear. 
At the bottom-right of the window two indicators appear when you begin drawing, the first one tells you about your current position on the paper and the other the size of your current drawing.
Type some text by clicking on
.
Drag to draw a dashed rectangle, select a fontand size from Fonts window and type your text. Select a different font name to change style and change the size to make characters look bigger or smaller (the higher the number the bigger your letters are). Give your letters a bold, italic or underline effect
To carefully examine an image, you can magnify up to 8x by clicking on
Use
to erase: you
have different sizes.Usually when dealing with details you should magnify and use small or medium eraser.
To save images, click File>>Save As.. specify a location and name your file.
Use Save to update.
Perhaps you recognize the File menu from NotePad is looks pretty the same plus some commands added for Paint. You will always see File, Edit menu in all programs: Save, Save As, New and Open will also be available, this is the basic layout of all programs running under Windows.
To Print any image, turn on your printer click File>>Print
Click File>>Print Preview to preview the image before printing, and see how it should
look like on paper.
Zoom in/Zoom out to examine your images, click Close to go back
To select images, you have two tools: Free-Form select
and Select 
Free-form select is used to select irregular objects like an 8-sided polygon or a
freehand image drawn with the Pencil tool
Press on
and draw around
the section you want to select, a rectangle appearsjust drag to move your selection.
The Select tool is used for a rectangular selection. When using a select tool take a look at two icons that appear at the bottom of toolbar. Use Draw opaque selection
to select the image with background paper, transparent tool shows the image without the background paper. You can switch easily from one view to another.
Most often you will not turn Draw Opaque on, since you don't want the background paper to interfere with your image .
Always remember that selection is necessary to Copy and Cut images.
Delete the selection by pressing Del or picking Edit>>Clear Selection
Two useful commands in Paint are Copy to and Paste From, you can select a portion
of your image and copy it to a file, it's like opening two windows and copying the file from first then pasting it to the other location. Select the object and click Copy To, a window opens, type a name and choose a location. If you saved a previous file with Copy To, you can Paste From to use the image.
Suppose you've created a logo and wanted to paste a copy into some image files,
save the logo to a file and use Paste from to add the logo to each image.
Undo can also be used in Paint, you can click CTRL Z to undo an action, if you want
to Redo (it's like undoing what undo did) click Edit>>Repeat or simply press F4
The View menu contains settings related to all your toolboxes, you can eliminate any toolbox by removing the ticker next to its name.
View your images in fullscreen mode by clicking View>>View Bitmap or press CTRL F,
press <enter> to return or click with your mouse.
Image menu contains useful commands like Flip/Rotate and Stretch/Skew, you can manipulate any image with these commands: resize width or/and height by selecting
the borders of bounding rectangle.
Use Invert Colors or CTRL I to add an effect to your image.
Click Colors>>Edit Colors to add your own colors to the palette, click Define Custom Color, compose your color and press Add to Custom colors, pick a color to replace it with your own version. Don't worry the default colors are still under Basic Colors, you can still restore them.
Set As Wallpaper command in File menu will be reviewed in details when we reach Customizing Windows 98. You can use this command to set any image as the background
of your desktop. To undo this, just r-click on Desktop, go to Background tab and select None in bottom window and return to original state.
Adjust the printing layout by using Page Setup from File menu, always remember to
Print Preview before printing to see how your image will look like.
For more help click HELP>>Help Topics. About Paint gives you info about the Paint Application. Go through all the menu commands to practice.
Like in WordPad you can use file Listing feature to jump from one file to another.
Click File menu and you'll see up to 4 listings of Recently used files.
If you want a larger paper for your drawings, click Image>>Attributes type a width
and height, while there you can change the unit of measurement (inches, Cm, Pixel),
Color (Black and White or Colors) use CTRL E for fast access.