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Menus that are special to Windows Paint are Image and Colors.
The Status Bar
Right at the bottom of the Paint window is the Status Bar. It gives information
according to what you're doing.
If it can't think of anything pertinent to say, it has the “For Help” message. Help
can also be invoked by pressing the F1 key at any time. This is true of most
Windows programs.
Basic Paint Tools
The color Palette
Under the main window is the color palette. The two squares set apart from the
rest at the left end of the palette show the active colors; the colors presently in
use.
When you click on a color in the palette with the left mouse button, that color
will be the primary or foreground color, here shown as pink.
The color you click on with the right mouse button will be the secondary or
background color, here shown as white.
The Shapes Tools
This group of tools is used for drawing shapes. Three of them, the rectangle,
ellipse and rounded rectangle, respond similarly to your holding the shift key.
This constrains them to drawing either a circle or a square—with or without
rounded corners. The polygon tool responds somewhat differently, in that it
attempts to keep its lines exactly vertical, exactly horizontal, or exactly at 45
degrees.
