Microsoft Paint

Explore Microsoft Paint, a simple raster editor included with Windows, opening and saving BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF files in color or two-color black-and-white with no grayscale.

Open the file menu to create a new document, and click to start a fresh canvas in Microsoft Paint.

Open a document from the file menu or use a shortcut, select your file, click open, and then edit the image.

Learn to save images in Microsoft Paint using the save as feature, selecting formats like jpg, bmp, monochrome bitmap, 16 color bitmap, and 256 color, noting quality and size.

Trace the journey of MS Paint from 1985 to today, covering true color, palette evolution, the ribbon interface, and 3D tools.

Explore the 23 paint shapes, including rectangle, triangle, hexagon, arrows, and rounded and hollow variants, and apply outline, fill, and color options.

Explore the various brushes in Microsoft Paint, including calligraphy brush, natural Venetian watercolor brush, oil brush, and watercolor grayish, and learn their basic uses.

Learn to crop, resize, and rotate images, apply vertical and horizontal flips, and preserve aspect ratio for precise edits in Microsoft Paint.

Choose and edit colors from the palette, create custom colors, and copy or add them to custom colors; set foreground and background colors, and paint in 3D.

Explore Microsoft Paint's clipboard basics, including cutting and copying image selections, pasting them, and extending saved images from the clipboard.

Explore the view menu in Microsoft Paint, learning to zoom in and out, set 100% view, activate a ruler and grid lines for precise drawing, and switch to full screen.

Learn to print in Microsoft Paint by selecting page sizes such as A4, A5, B4, B5, executive, legal, letter, or tabloid, and adjust orientation and margins.

Learn to set a desktop background, send the image via email, and adjust its properties, colors (including black and white), and its width and height before exiting.