6. Fun with MS Paint
6. Fun with MS Paint - WBBPE - Grade 1 - কম্পিউটার
🎨 Fun with MS PAINT
💡 CHAPTER 6
📝 THIS CHAPTER COVERS
- MS Paint
- How to open MS Paint
- Using the drawing Tools
- How to draw and colour pictures in MS Paint
We can also draw pictures on the computer. It is very easy to draw.
(See image: The computer character thinks "NO Food!")
Do you know about the Windows?
As soon as we turn on a computer, we see the Windows desktop screen on the monitor. 🖥️ Windows is the software part of the computer.
💡 Good to Know
The parts of computer we can touch are called Hardware parts. For example, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, etc. 🖱️ The parts which cannot be touched is called Software. For example, windows. 💻
COMPUTER PART-1
MS Paint 🖌️
MS Paint is used to draw and colour pictures on the computer screen. 🎨
The screen of MS Paint looks like the one which has been shown here.
Here are some important facts about MS Paint:
- 💡 MS stands for Microsoft.
- 🖼️ MS Paint is an integral part of MS Windows. It allows you to create various drawings like flowers, trees, houses, and more, directly on your screen.
🌟 Good to Know
Both MS Windows and MS Paint were developed by the Microsoft Corporation.
HOW TO OPEN MS PAINT 🎨
Follow these simple steps to start MS Paint:
- Step 1: Place the Mouse pointer on the Windows icon button. 🖱️
- Step 2: On clicking the Windows icon button, the Start menu appears. 🚀
- Step 3: Click the option All Programs, listed in the start menu. On clicking All Programs, a new submenu appears. ✨
Step 4: Click on Accessories option in the new submenu. 🖱️
Step 5: Another submenu appears which contains Paint. Click on the Paint option.
Paint Windows appears on the computer screen.
🎨 USING THE DRAWING TOOLS
This is the MS Paint Window with various options and tools.
Here are some parts of the MS Paint window:
- Home Tab
- Clipboard
- Image Group
- Tools Group
- Drawing Area
- Color Group
- Shape Group
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📌 Clipboard
- It includes various options such as Cut, Copy, and Paste.
- The Copy option is used to make a similar copy of text or a picture created on the computer.
- The Cut and Paste option is used to cut and then paste a copy of text or a picture on some other place or file.
🖼️ Image Group
The Image group has various commands for selecting, cropping, resizing, flipping, or rotating any image.
🛠️ Tools Group
The tools group has different tools such as Eraser, Pencil, Fill with Color, Eye-Dropper, Text, and Magnifier.
COMPUTER PART-1
Computer Painting Tools 🎨
Eraser Tool 🧼
This tool is used to erase any drawn figure.
Pencil Tool ✏️
This tool is used to draw pictures freely.
Text Tool 📝
This tool allows you to write text in Paint.
Fill with Colour Tool 🖌️
This tool is used to fill colour into the pictures that you draw.
Magnifier 🔍
Zooming the text or picture in Paint is done by using the magnifier tool.
Shapes Group 📐
This group contains different predefined shapes such as Polygon, Line, and more.
Color Group 🌈
This group consists of different colours which are used to colour your pictures.
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HOW TO DRAW AND COLOUR IN MS PAINT 🎨
Follow the steps given below to draw and colour pictures in MS Paint. ✨
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Step 1: Click on the 'circle' tool in the Shapes group to draw a circle.
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Step 2: Click on Pencil tool ✏️ in the Tools group to draw lines around the circle.
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Step 3: Click on the Fill with color tool 🖌️ in the Tools group.
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Step 4: Click on the orange colour palette 🟠 in the Colours box.
Step 5: Place the mouse pointer inside the circle and click once. 🖱️
Sun
💡 Good to Know: While using some tools, the shape of the mouse pointer may change.
🧠 Let us Recollect
- MS Paint stands for Microsoft Paint.
- MS Paint is a software used for drawing and colouring pictures on the computer screen.
- The place where we draw pictures is called the Drawing Area. 🎨
📝 EVALUATION TIME!
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
A. Multiple Choice Questions
Tick the correct (✓) options.
- MS Paint is used for-
- (i) drawing and colouring pictures
- (ii) animating the pictures
- (iii) rotating the pictures
💡 Computer Fundamentals: Practice Time!
Let's test your knowledge about computer tools and concepts! 💻
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Text tool is used for:
- (i) filling colours in Paint
- (ii) writing text in Paint ✅
- (iii) drawing in Paint
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Eraser tool is used for:
- (i) drawing a figure
- (ii) filling colours in the drawn figure
- (iii) erasing the drawn figure ✅
B. Fill in the blanks with the help of clues given in the box. 📝
| magnifier | Microsoft | colours | software |
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- A magnifier is used for zooming the text or picture in Paint.
- Windows is the software part of the computer.
- Color box is used to choose colours.
- MS Paint was developed by Microsoft corporation.
C. Write the name of the tools shown below. ✏️
- (i) ✍️ Pencil Tool
- (ii) 🅰️ Text Tool
- (iii) 🎨 Fill with Color Tool (or Paint Bucket Tool)
- (iv) 🧹 Eraser Tool
D. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements. ☑️
- Color group consists of different colours. (T)
- Eraser tool is used to draw pictures. (F)
- Windows is a type of software. (T)
- The Shapes group contains different colours.🎨
- We can not draw in the Drawing Area.
E. Answer the following questions.❓
- Why do we use MS Paint?
- What does MS stand for?
- Which group in MS Paint is used for cropping and rotating an image? ✂️🔄
- Write the name of any two tools from the Tools group.
- What is the role of the Pencil Tool in MS Paint?✏️
📝 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
💻 In the Computer lab
Draw the picture which has been shown below, using different Tools and Shapes in MS Paint. ✨🖼️
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