How To Use The MS Paint Toolbox

This is a page to help you with use the toolbox in MS Paint. If you become efficient with this toolbox it can will be a very helpful tool. The quality of your pictures or drawings will increase dramatically. Before I explain exactly what each item on the toolbox does, here is a tip you can use that I think will come in handy. Hint: (To get good idea of what any icon on the toolbox does, just put your cursor over the icon and it will give you the name, hinting to what it's function is.)

• Free-Form Select: Used to select an image with curves. You can trace the outline of the image.
• Select: Allows you to select images, but it only will select sections in square shape.
• Eraser/Color Eraser: Used to erase mistakes.
• Fill With Color: Is used to fill in areas with color.
• Pick Color: Select this icon and then place and click on any color on the page to select.
• Magnifier: Used to magnify any part of the page you select.
• Pencil: Is used for free-form writing or drawing.
• Brush: Brush is just like it sounds. Used in the same manner as a paint brush.
• Airbrush: Is like a can of spray piant, it will give that same kind of splattered effect.
• Text: Is to add text to pictures.
• Line: Is used to make straight lines for one point to another point.
• Curve: Is used to make curved lines from one point to another point. First, make your straight line point to point, then place the cursor anywhere on the line and stretch and curve to line until desired effect is achieved.
• Rectangle: Is used to make rectangular shapes.
• Polygon: Used to make polygons, start by making a straight line and clicking, continue this process until getting desired shape.
• Eclipse: Used for making circular shapes.
• Rounded Rectangles: Used the same way as rectangles, but with rounded corners.
• Opaque: Is used when you select a section or inserting text or image to crop(move) with either of the above "Selects". This will make the section selected solid.
• Transparent: Is used in the same way as the Opaque, except the selected image or text will be transparent.

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