Using Paint

Paint is a very useful Windows Accessory for creating and using graphics. This page will only discuss using it to either cut out a part of a picture for use or resizing a picture. Both these features will make a picture smaller in file size.

To open Paint, click on Start>All Programs>Accessories>Paint

Cut out a part of the picture for use.

1. Select the tool that looks like a dotted box for pulling out a square, or the star (XP) or other dotted tool (Vista).
2. Use it to draw around the part of the picture that you want.
3. Copy it (Ctrl+C)
4. Save the original if you want it,
5. Click on New
6. Paste into the new window (Ctrl+V)

Resizing the entire picture

1. Select the image.
2. On the menu line click Image>Resize
3. Enter the proportions you wish to use. If you wish to have the picture retain the same proportions as the original enter the same percent in both horizontal and vertical.

 

Created June 1, 2009

 

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