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Microsoft Paint is an important application of windows 10 for creating or drawing different pictures on the Paint canvas. The Paint application provides a variety of tools, different kinds of brushes, shapes, and various color palettes for drawing and editing. It also allows you to download pictures from the Internet and copy them to the "drawing" canvas or page, and then edit them as needed!

How to use Microsoft Paint in windows 10

To open the paint application, click the start button > Windows Accessories > paint, or type paint in the search box on the taskbar, and then select the paint application from the results. The following window opens on the screen. This is what the "Paint" canvas looks like.

At the top of the draw window, you will see a toolbar where you can perform various functions. The toolbar includes the Files tab, the Home tab, and the View tab. Now let's study it in detail.

1. Home page

When you open the draw application, the Home tab is the default tab. In the home tab, you can perform various functions related to images, clipboard, tools, shapes and colors.

Under the clipboard, you can execute cut, copy, and paste commands, where you can cut or copy selections in the canvas and paste them onto the keyboard. Under the Image section, you can crop, resize and rotate the picture. You can rotate 90 degrees left and right, 180 degrees, or flip vertically and horizontally.

Using the tools group, you can draw a freeform pencil line with a selected width, add text, select a color and use it for drawing, fill an area on the canvas with the selected color, and use a magnifying glass to display specific areas on that area. Canvas, and then use an eraser to erase specific areas of the picture. Click the Brush drop-down menu to paint with different kinds of brushes. You will find all kinds of brushes with different effects, such as crayons, markers, natural pencils and so on. In the reference images below, I use some tools to show you how they look and feel.

Here, I use free-form pencil tools, some brushes, shape fill tools and text tools. You can also convert 2D graphics to 3D pictures by editing in Paint 3D. Keep going and simply explore! With all these tools, you are sure to make your pictures look attractive and awesome!

Text tool

On the paint canvas, select the location where you want to add a text box, and then type the text you want in it. You can format text by selecting the font type, font size, changing the font to bold and italic, and underlining or highlighting the text. You can choose the foreground color and background color you want. Please refer to the following example.

Under the shapes group, you can insert prepared shapes, such as rectangles, pentagons, diamonds, stars, dimensions, and so on. Click outline to choose from a variety of options, such as solid colors, crayons, markers, oil, natural pencils, watercolors, or even no outline. Click shape fill to select a filling medium, such as solid color, crayon, marker, oil, natural pencil, watercolor or no fill. Under the size drop-down menu, you can select the size or width of a specific tool. You will see four variants under the size, such as 1pxMagol 3pxMagol 5px and 8px. See the example shown below.

I used some tools, such as text tools, pencils, brushes and Color tools to draw the following pictures. Select the size of the shape and tool width you want to draw. Here, I chose the size of the 3px for the Lightning shape, and the outline is brown, for example, the crayon fill is yellow.

The Color group includes a wide range of color palettes that you can select for graphics. You can also use advanced tools to edit using Paint 3D, which we will cover in more detail in another article.

Reading: Microsoft painting skills and tricks.

two。 View

The View tab consists of three groups named Zoom, Show or hide, and Show.

With the Zoom group, you can zoom in or out as needed for a better viewing experience, or you can zoom to an accurate 100%. Under the Show or hide group, you will find settings related to rulers, gridlines, and status bars. With the help of a ruler, you can view and measure objects or specific pictures on the drawing canvas. Gridlines will help you align the objects in the picture. By selection

In the display group, you can view the picture full screen; you can show or hide the Thumbnail window.

3. archives

Under the File menu, you can open an existing or created picture, create a new picture, and then save the current picture in the desired location. You can also import files from a scanner or camera, print pictures, and send pictures to email as attachments. You can change the desktop background by setting the current picture as the desktop background. You can also change the properties of the current picture. Finally, you will see the exit option to close or exit the application.

Shortcut toolbar

In the upper-left corner of the paint window above the tools bar, you will see the Quick access toolbar.

Here, you will find shortcuts to save the current picture, undo or redo the previous action, and minimize, maximize, and close the application. You can also customize the Quick access toolbar as needed. You will find additional settings here to minimize the ribbon, display the Quick access toolbar below the ribbon, and so on. Therefore, continue to customize and make changes to the Quick access toolbar as needed. This will make your work easier and faster.

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