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- <h2>File menu</h2>
- <p>The file menu provides access to open, acquire, and save images in Paint.NET. These options behave similarly
- to other document and image editing programs.</p>
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- <h3>New</h3>
- <p>This allows you to create a new, blank image. The default size is 800 x 600, or the size of any image that
- has been copied to the clipboard. The following dialog is displayed when you click on this menu item. You may
- use the "Maintain aspect ratio" checkbox to enforce that the ratio between width and height remains the same.
- The new size of the image is also displayed at the top of the dialog box; this can be used to determine how
- much memory the image will use, but may not reflect how large it will be when you save it to disk (it will usually
- be smaller).</p>
- <p><img border="0" src="Images/NewDialog.png"></p>
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- <h3>Open</h3>
- <p>This allows you to open an image, which will close the current image you're working on. It works the same
- as the Open facility in just about any other document-oriented application.</p>
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- <h3>Open Recent</h3>
- <p>Illustrated above, the Open Recent menu allows you to quickly access the last 8 images you have opened with
- Paint.NET. Each image is accompanied by a thumbnail to help you
- quickly located it visually. There is also a command,
- "Clear this list," that allows you to clear this menu.</p>
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- <h3>Acquire</h3>
- <p>This submenu contains two items: From Clipboard, and From Scanner or Camera. These allow you to create a
- new image that immediately takes its contents from the clipboard, or from a scanner or camera that supports
- Windows Image Acquisition 2.0 (WIA).</p>
- <p><i>Note: The "From Scanner or Camera" menu item is not available in Windows 2000, and may require special
- setup for Windows Server 2003. Please see our <a href="FAQ.html">FAQ</a> for more information.</i></p>
- <p><img border="0" src="Images/AcquireMenu.png"></p>
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- <h3>New Window</h3>
- <p>This opens a new copy of Paint.NET with a blank image.</p>
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- <h3>Open in New Window</h3>
- <p>This presents the Open dialog, but then launches a new copy of Paint.NET to open the image instead of reusing
- the existing window.</p>
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- <h3>Save</h3>
- <p>This command saves the image with the current filename. If you have not saved the image before, and if the
- file type you are saving as requires configuration (GIF, TGA, and JPEG), then you will be presented with the
- Save Configuration dialog. Also, if you have not yet named your image (that
- is, if it's still called "Untitled"), you'll
- need to give it a name.</p>
- <p>For JPEG images, you will be presented with the ability to configure the quality of the image. For GIF images,
- you may configure how transparency and dithering are handled. Lastly, TGA images may be configured to save at
- 24- or 32-bit, and with or without RLE compression enabled.</p>
- <p>The dialog shows a preview of how the image will appear when loaded in another application
- (or in Paint.NET) after it is saved.
- The file size is shown below the preview. You may use the configuration settings to help you optimize quality
- vs. file size.</p>
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- <img border="0" src="Images/SaveConfigDialog.jpg" width="523" height="361"></p>
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- <h3>Save As</h3>
- <p>Normally when you use the standard Save command it will reuse the filename and settings that were given before.
- The Save As command allows you to specify a new name and, if applicable, new settings.</p>
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- <h3>Print</h3>
- <p>This allows you to print your image using the built-in Windows Photo Printing Wizard. It presents a simple
- wizard-based interface that will guide you through the printing process.</p>
- <p><i>Note: This feature is not available in Windows 2000, and may require special setup for Windows Server 2003.
- Please see the <a href="FAQ.html">FAQ</a> for more information.</i></i></p>
- <p><img border="0" src="Images/PrintWizard.png" width="338" height="275"></p>
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- <h3>Language</h3>
- <p>This submenu shows what languages you may use Paint.NET in. By default, the language that Windows was installed
- with is chosen. If Paint.NET has not been translated to that language then it will default to English. Currently,
- Paint.NET is available in English and German. Switching languages requires that you restart Paint.NET.</p>
- <p><img border="0" src="Images/LanguageMenu.png"></p>
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- <h3>Updates</h3>
- <p>By default, Paint.NET automatically checks for updates every five (5) days. Note that it only checks
- for updates while it is running (a background program is not installed to do this), and that no personal information
- is transmitted from your computer during the process (it works by downloading a text file from the website and
- inspecting its contents). Using this submenu you may manually check for updates, control whether Paint.NET
- automatically checks for updates, and control whether it also looks for pre-release versions (such as Betas).</p>
- <p>These settings affect all users that may log in to the system. You must be part of the Administrators group
- to change them or to run the Check Now command. Paint.NET will not automatically check for updates for non-Administrator
- accounts. Once an update is installed by an Administrator, it is usable by all other users in the system as
- well.</p>
- <p><i>Note: In Windows Vista, all users may check for and attempt to
- install updates. Before installing the update the user will be
- required to give permission via UAC, or to enter the credentials of
- a user with Administrator privileges. If you want to change the
- update checking settings, you will need to use the "Run as
- Administrator" command <b>before </b>launching Paint.NET (right
- click on the Paint.NET shortcut and choose "Run as Administrator").</i></p>
- <p><img border="0" src="Images/UpdatesMenu.png"></p>
- <p>If an update is available, you will be prompted with a dialog that looks similar to this one:</p>
- <p><img border="0" src="Images/UpdatesDialog.png"></p>
- <p>Simply click the Install button and you will have the latest version of Paint.NET!</p>
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- <h3>Exit</h3>
- <p>Use this to exit Paint.NET. You will be asked to save your changes if you have not done so.</p>
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