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Simple drawing and photo-editing program included with Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0.

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Specify coordinates with the rectangle select tool in Paint.NET

In paint.net, suppose I have an image that is 1920x1080. Is there a way to use the rectangle select tool to enter specific cords (e.g. 300,300,600,600) and have the rectangle selector appear there on ...
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Can you set everything in an MS Paint picture except what you draw to white?

EDIT: It says "Anonymous4" as the OP, but I just joined and my real username is SealBoi. Just keep that in mind so you know who I am when I comment on something. I was using MS Paint to draw onto a ...
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How to open image in Paint by clicking on image in MS Word?

With my old laptop on Windows 10, I could double click on any picture in a word file and it would open it in Paint for editing. With new laptop, double clicking on an image in word is not doing ...
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Is it possible to save a Contact Sheet made in Flie Explorer?

I am wanting to make a Contact Sheet ("A single sheet that multiple photos are attached to a paper [in photography this started out as "a piece of photographic paper onto which several or all of the ...
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How to override windows + s shortcut function?

Somehow I've managed to turn off the instant inserting into onenote. Currently it only copies the clipped picture onto the clipboard. But I would like to insert it instantly into paint, like it worked ...
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Problems with MS Paint - Windows 7 64bit

Since loading the 'Live Box' in France my paint does not function. It will allow letters , delete , copy and paste but will not let me change colour or draw lines or shapes. I am not sure what else ...
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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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How to resize page markers on the vertical and horizontal edges of Paint?

How do I resize the vertical and horizontal markers for the Paint page? I know they should be located in the middle of the vertical or horizontal edge but they are so small that I struggle to find ...
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How to alter the color of an image

I have two images here of grilled unagi (eel), this one: obtained from the Internet, and this one: taken by me. How would I, using GIMP (or, if it's even possible, with Paint), adjust the color of ...
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Why does Paint sometimes change the color of a part of the image?

Sometimes, Paint changes the RGB value of the color of a group of pixels in a PNG image when it gets saved. It only changes a little bit, for example from RGB(128,128,128) to RGB(127,127,127), so you ...
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Copy text and border from Word to MS Paint

I have a Word document with a border. When I copy and paste the whole document into MS Paint only the text is copied. The border is not copied. I have tried this with Office 2007, 2010 and 2013. How ...
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How can I draw autoshape on an already existing image in Word 2003?

I'm drawing autoshape in Word 2003 like this: Is there anyway I can draw that shape over an existing image? I cant seem to get that done on existing image. I tried pasting the image in Word, but I ...
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How can I associate mspaint with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer in Windows XP?

Usually I preview images with the the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer under Windows XP. Recently I found there was something wrong with the edit button. After pressing the Edit button , the Windows ...
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