How To Use Copy And Paste Command in MS Paint

How to use Copy Command in MS Paint

You have made a drawing. Or you want to use a shape in more than one document. Or you want to use them more than once. And want to avoid the effort of recreating them. So for this Copy Command is used in MS Paint.

We have explained step-by-step below about copying a word or group of words in MS Paint. We hope that you will be able to copy any Drawing, Shape in MS Paint by reading these steps. Apart from this, you will also be able to copy the word or word group easily. So let’s copy a word or group of words in MS Paint.

How to Copy a Picture/Text in MS Paint

Step: #1 – Open Painting Drawing

First of all open MS Paint. After opening MS Paint, you have to write something in it. Or you have to open an already made paint drawing. So that we can have the content available in the paint to work with.

Step: #2 – Select Item

Now select the Drawing, Shape or Text you want to copy. For example, we have selected cloud number 1 from the drawing of 3 clouds in MS Paint below. Make a selection in the same way in your paint file.

Step: #3 – Activate Copy Command

After selecting, you have to right click on the word / word group or drawing. After right clicking, some kind of menu will open in front of you. Keep in mind that you have to do Right Click on the same drawing or words. Those who have been selected. If you right click outside the selected words or drawing, then the options of this menu will not work.

Step: #4 – Copy Item

Now you have to click on Copy from here and the selected word / word group or Drawing will be copied to the Clipboard of MS Paint. Now you can paste them to use them anywhere else. Even if you press CTRL + C from the keyboard, the selected word or drawing will be copied in MS Paint.

We copied the cloud number 1 from the drawing shown above. Which has now been copied. When we copy a drawing or text in MS Paint, that word or drawing does not disappear from there, but another copy of it is saved in the clipboard of MS Paint. Which we can use by pasting anywhere.

Using Paste Command in MS Paint

You have made a drawing. Or you want to use a shape in more than one document. Or you want to use them more than once. Before all these tasks, we have to cut any drawing in MS Paint. If we want to use that Drawing or Shape at that place and also in other places. So we have to copy that drawing in MS Paint. Then we paste that Drawing/Shape. Because the Paste Command is used in MS Paint to use a Cut/Copyed Drawing/Shape or Text.

We have explained step-by-step below about using Paste Command in MS Paint. We hope that you will be able to paste any Cut/Copyed Drawing, Shape or Text in MS Paint by reading these steps. Apart from this, you will also be able to copy the word or word group easily. So let’s know, how to use Paste Command in MS Paint.

How to Paste in MS Paint

Step: #1 – Open Painting Drawing

First of all open MS Paint. After opening you have to write something in it. Or open the Drawing, Shape, Text you want to paste.

Step: #2 – Copy or Cut

After opening the drawing, copy or cut that drawing. To paste any item, it is necessary to cut or copy it first. For example, we have copied the cloud number 1 from the drawing of 3 clouds in MS Paint below by selecting it.

Step: #3 – Open Right Click Menu

After Copy/Cut, you have to Right Click on that place. After right clicking, some kind of menu will open in front of you. This menu is called the right-click menu.

Step: #4 – Paste

Now you have to click on Paste from here and the copied / cut words / words group or drawing will be pasted in the document of MS Paint. Even if you press CTRL + V from the keyboard, the word Copy / Cut or Drawing will be pasted in MS Paint.

We copied the cloud number 1 from the drawing shown above. Which we have pasted here. When we paste a drawing or text in MS Paint after copying/cutting it, that word or drawing gets created again. You can see below that cloud number 1 has become two now.

We can use any number of times after copying / cutting a drawing, shape or word / word group. Copy/Cut Drawing, Shape etc in Clipboard are saved till we turn off the computer.

What have you learned ?

In this tutorial, we have told you how to copy and paste a word or group of words in MS Paint. We hope that this tutorial has been useful for you. And now you will be able to copy and paste any word/word group easily in MS Paint.

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