How to Resize and Crop How to Resize and Crop Pictures Easily in Pictures Easily in Microsoft PaintMicrosoft Paint

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Open the Picture in Microsoft Open the Picture in Microsoft PaintPaint

You may do this by going to the START You may do this by going to the START button in Windows, then run and button in Windows, then run and typing MSPAINT and pressing ENTER.typing MSPAINT and pressing ENTER.

Then go to FILE in the Toolbar and Then go to FILE in the Toolbar and open the picture desired.open the picture desired.

The picture may be in JPEG, GIF or BMP The picture may be in JPEG, GIF or BMP format.format.

How to Resize the PictureHow to Resize the Picture

Click on IMAGE in the toolbar and Click on IMAGE in the toolbar and click on Resize/Skew to open this click on Resize/Skew to open this box:box:

How to Resize the PictureHow to Resize the Picture

Here you can start by entering 50% Here you can start by entering 50% in both the Horizontal and Vertical in both the Horizontal and Vertical fields of this box. You may try 70% or fields of this box. You may try 70% or any other percentage. You can any other percentage. You can always go back by going to EDIT and always go back by going to EDIT and UNDO in the Toolbar.UNDO in the Toolbar.

Cropping the PictureCropping the Picture

Use the “Selection Tool” on the left in Use the “Selection Tool” on the left in the program and click at a starting the program and click at a starting point on your picture and dragging point on your picture and dragging across the region you want to select across the region you want to select while holding down the right mouse while holding down the right mouse click buttonclick button

Cropping the PictureCropping the Picture

Next, go to EDIT and click on COPYNext, go to EDIT and click on COPY Then go to FILE and NEW to open a Then go to FILE and NEW to open a

new MS PAINT file.new MS PAINT file. Finally go to EDIT and then PASTE to Finally go to EDIT and then PASTE to

bring your previously selected bring your previously selected picture into view.picture into view.

You may save this file as a JPEG, GIF You may save this file as a JPEG, GIF or BMP file.or BMP file.