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Paint is a simple program for drawing and painting on the computer. In the previous
                 class, you have learnt about drawing different shapes in Paint. In this chapter, you
                 will learn more features of Paint like copy, paste, flip and rotate.


                 Selecting an Image

                 Select command is used to select a drawing or a
                                                                                    Your eyes turn light into
                 part of a drawing. It is mainly used when you want               signals for the brain to make

                 to move your drawing from one place to another.                   pictures. Computers do the
                                                                                   same with their cameras to
                 It  provides  two  types  of  selection  which  are
                                                                                          create images.
                 Rectangular  selection  and  Free-form  selection.
                 Let us learn about them.

                 Rectangular Selection

                 It is used to select the drawing in rectangular form as per need. To select the drawing
                 in rectangular form, follow the given steps:


                                              1  Click on the Home tab.







                   2  Click on the down
                  arrow, under Select
                  command.


                         3  Click on the
                         Rectangular
                         selection.











                                                                     4  Hold the left button of the mouse
                                                                     and drag over the drawing to select
                                                                     it.  Release  the  left  button  of  the
                                                                     mouse.



                 Free-Form Selection

                 It is used to select the drawing in irregular form as per need.




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