Hi, All,

When I open a .jpg file with MS Paint and draw a rectangle, the "fill with colour" tool doesn't fill as it should, all I get is a spot of the selected colour whenever I click either mouse-button. This tool works as it should on a new project, however.
Is this normal?

If you change the type of rec. you are drawing it should work. when you click on the shape you want to draw 3 rectangles will appear under where you clicked the Shape button. Top rec lets you paint a rec. border in the current foreground color, second rec draws a solid rec in the background color with a border in the foreground color,
third rec draws a solid rec of the foreground color. You can't fill a rec that is just a border you will need to select either the second or third to be able to use fill.

Mark Spencer
MyComputerTec

Hi, MyComputerTec,
Thank you for your advice. The three rectangles do appear when I select a rectangle or shape, but disappear when I select one and click the "Fill with color" icon. This option only malfunctions on a .jpg file.

Ted.

they are disappearing because you are changeing tools to the fill. you need to draw the solid rectangle first then fill.

Why not just draw the rectangle in the color you want to fill with.

Here's how

first left click on the color you wanted to use to fill the rectangle with (from the color palette bottom of screen)

left click on the rectangle tool

left click on the lowest of the 3 rectangles that appear below the tool buttons (the one that looks like a light gray solid square)

Now just draw your rectangle on the image where you want it.

if later you want to change the color of the rectangle you just made then you would select your new color from the color pallete then click the fill tool and then click on the rectange you just made and it will fill the whole thing with the new color.

Good luck

Mark

HI, MyComputerTec,

That did the trick. Many thanks.
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Ted.