Everyone knows that you can left-click to select the foreground colour, and many people know that a right-click selects the background colour, but not too many people know that Ctrl+click allows one to select a tertiary colour. One of these features is the ability to choose a tertiary colour. This is, again, a matter of Microsoft removing very useful features that they think no one uses. Unfortunately, even with all these improvements, I would still prefer to use the previous version. It may seem like the Win7 Paint has more functionality, namely better zoom, more brushes, shapes, and perhaps the best improvement, the addition of rulers and a grid. Luckily, I have a copy of the Windows XP version, so I just use that instead. It is way too complicated for something as simple as Paint. I dislike the ribbon interface immensely, and for whatever reason, Microsoft is slowly converting their applications to use it. The ribbon was added to the Windows 7 version of Paint. Note that the grid was introduced in Windows 7 The grid was actually available in earlier versions if one zoomed in 400% or more (shortcut Ctrl+PgDn). This tutorial by Messenjah covers most of them. Over the years, I’ve collected a few tips and tricks for Paint.
From left to right: Win1, Win3, Win95, Win98, WinXP, Vista, Win7.
