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By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article parts. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Part 1. Type in paint. This will search your computer for the Paint program. Look for the Paint app icon.
In the Start menu, look for the Paint app icon, which resembles a paint palette with paint on it. Click Paint. It's next to the Paint app icon.
Doing so will open a new Paint window. Part 2. Review the toolbar. The toolbar, which is at the top of the Paint window, is where you'll find all of the options used to interact with the Paint canvas. Select a primary color. Click any color in the palette that's in the top-right side of the Paint window to apply it to the "Color 1" box. This is the color that you'll use when using the left mouse button on the canvas. You can create a custom color by clicking Edit colors in the upper-right corner of the window, selecting a color and shade you want to use in the color wheel, and clicking OK.
Select a secondary color. Click the "Color 2" box to the left of the color palette, then click the color you'd like to use as your secondary color. You'll activate this color by using the right mouse button on the canvas. Select a brush type. Click the Brushes option at the top of the Paint window, then click the type of brush tip you want to use. This is what affects the line size, shape, and width options. If you just want to draw a regular free-form line, click the pencil-shaped "Pencil" icon in the "Tools" section.
Select a line thickness. Click the Size option to the left of the color palette, then click the line thickness you want to use while drawing. Click and drag across the canvas to draw. Holding down the left mouse button while dragging will draw your line. You can click and drag with the right mouse button to use your secondary color. Fill a section with color.
Click the "Fill with color" tool, which resembles a paint bucket, in the "Tools" section, then click the canvas to change an entire section of it to your primary color you can right-click to use your secondary color instead. If you have the canvas sectioned off e.
If your canvas is blank or contains no full sections, your whole canvas will be filled in when you use the "Fill with color" tool. Erase mistakes. You can use the eraser function by clicking the pink "Eraser" icon in the "Tools" section and then clicking and dragging the eraser over the portion of the image you want to erase.
The eraser will use your secondary color, so you may have to reset the secondary color to white or your drawing's background color, if different before erasing. Part 3. Select a color. Click the color you want to use as your shape's outline.
Select a "Fill" color if necessary. If you want to fill the shape with a color rather than just drawing the outline of the shape, click the "Color 2" box and then click the color you want to use for the fill color. Find a shape to use. In the "Shapes" section of the toolbar, scroll up or down to see all of the available shapes. Select your preferred shape. Click the shape you want to use to select it.
Click Size , then click the line thickness you want to use in the resulting drop-down menu. Select an "Outline" option if needed. By default, the shape's outline will be the same color as the "Color 1" box; if you want to change the consistency of the color or remove it entirely, click the Outline drop-down box, then click an option e.
Select a "Fill" option if you like. If you selected a "Fill" color, you can add the "Fill" option to your shape: click Fill , then click Solid color.
You can select a different "Fill" option e. Click and drag diagonally across the canvas. This will draw your shape. Anchor the shape. Once the shape fits the size and location you had in mind, release the mouse button and click outside of the Paint canvas.
Part 4. Select a text color. Click the "Color 1" box, then click the color you want to use. Click A. It's at the top of the window. Select a location for your text. Find the place on your canvas in which you want to place the text, then click the place in question.
You should see a dotted line indicating a text box appear. Change the text's font. In the "Font" section of the toolbar, click the top text box and then click the font you want to use in the resulting drop-down menu. Change the font's size. Click the number below the font name, then click the number you want to use for your font.
Add formatting to the text. Increase the text box's size if necessary. Since you adjusted the default font and size, you may need to enlarge the text box. You can do this by placing your mouse cursor over one of the corners of the text box and then dragging diagonally away from the text box's center.
Enter your text. In the text box, type in the text that you want to display. Give your text a background if you like. How can one refresh Paint so it opens normally as shown in all Paint tutorials. How exactly are you launching Microsoft Paint? Have you made any changes on the computer prior to the issue? How to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7.
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