Microsoft Paint Tips and Help

Desktop Publishing Guide Jacci takes a look at the improvements in Microsoft Paint in Windows 7.

"Sure, you could use the Heart shape tool that comes with Windows 7 Paint to draw a nice, perfect heart. But where's the fun and challenge in that? Create something with a little more personality by drawing your own funky, not-so-perfect heart."

Learn how to draw a simple Christmas tree with the Microsoft Paint program included with Windows 7.

"This tutorial shows you how to change the color of something, keeping the shading in-tact."

From Lakewood Public Library: "In this class you'll learn the basics of how to use Microsoft Paint to open, edit, and save an image file (such as a scanned image that you create with the scanner, or a image that you draw or 'paint' digitally from scratch)."

Description of all the buttons and other main features of Microsoft Paint.

This Microsoft support document tells you how to correct this error which may occur after installing Office 97 on your computer.

How to correct this error when starting Microsoft Paint or viewing a bitmap in Microsoft Paint.

This document from Microsoft explains the procedure for correcting this problem.

Microsoft offers two methods to work around this known problem.