Questions tagged [microsoft-paint]
Simple drawing and photo-editing program included with Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0.
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MS Paint on Windows 11/10 compared to Windows 7 [closed]
Windows 11 or 10 have problem of tools:
Line act as Text
Text act as Save as
Pencil act as custom color
In Windows 7, MS Paint behavior is clean, stable, reliable, works without any issues.
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How to exit from Paint Text regime and preserve the letter? Letter disappears upon exiting if I wrote the letter starting from the left of the bmp
I have 16*16 pixel BMP, and I am trying to add big capital letter A over this picture. I am trying to do this in Microsoft Paint program.
The usual and expected scenario is:
I am selecting Text ...
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Microsoft Paint Selection Delete, gives Checkered Background
In Microsoft Paint, if I do, "selection rectangle", and then "delete", I get a checkered background.
This did not happen before.
I do Not have "Transparent selection" in ...
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Paint cannot save this file. Save was interrupted, so your file has not been saved
When saving any PNG image in paint to any directory (other image formats save fine), I receive the error:
A 0 byte PNG file is created, and deleted immediately after closing the error dialog.
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Is there a way to - by default - have the text box in Microsoft Paint (Windows 10) smaller than the default size it makes when you click to add text?
If I only want a text box to have say, the number "7" in it, I have to resize the text box to make it smaller than the default size every time.
I know that you can make the text box larger ...
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How can I scroll efficiently horizontally Microsoft Paint? (Autohotkey maybe)
I just want to use Paint for a whiteboard style sketching on math problems etc. And I really need a way to navigate efficiently on the page.
Maybe even like: hold space + move mouse, to grab the page ...
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How to permanently heighten and widen Paint's text box?
Pls see two GIFs underneath. The text box is too small - 99% of the time, I type way more text. I don't want to drag arrows every time I start new text box.
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JPEG size made smaller by MSPAINT, why?
I have lots of JPEGs from DSLR, and they are roughly about 5-6MB per JPEG. I open any of them using MSPAINT, and click the SAVE and notice the size immediately go down to 2-3MB.
Why? there seems no ...
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How can I really maximize MS Paint in an external monitor in Windows 10?
I use a GS76 Stealth 11UH laptop (4k monitor) running on Microsoft Windows 10 with a 1080p external monitor. When I try to maximize Microsoft Paint (mspaint.exe) in my external monitor in Windows 10, ...
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Where are mspaint icons stored?
Where are these mspaint icons stored? I'm trying to find them in Windows XP.
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Windows 11 "Edit with Paint" context menu
I am trying to add something like right click "Edit" to open images in paint. In Windows 11 it says "Edit with Photos" so I tried to add a new entry. I can't get this to work. ...
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Can I install the latest Windows 11 apps on Windows 10?
There are a lot of apps updated with Windows 11 which includes Microsoft Store, Photos, Notepad, MS-Paint, Snipping tool, Snip n Sketch, etc. They all are available at windows 11 but not at Windows 10....
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Keyboard shortcut to close MS Paint without saving
What is a keyboard shortcut in MS Paint 11 to close without saving? Yes, I know about Alt+F4, but that brings up the annoying prompt to save the file, forcing me to click a button with my mouse. I ...
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How can I make Windows Paint save by default as JPEG format?
Every time I want to save an image I've pasted into the Paint application,
it chooses a BMP/DIB format (which is the worst for saving things from the clipboard).
How can I hack Paint into defaulting ...
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How can I prevent some added text from becoming pixelated in Microsoft Paint?
When I add some text in Microsoft Paint, it gets overly pixelated:
I used the Times New Roman font.
How can I prevent some added text from becoming pixelated in Microsoft Paint?
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