Microsoft KB Archive/66524

= Creating a Grid in Paintbrush 4.00 =

Article ID: 66524

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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 * Microsoft Paintbrush

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SUMMARY
You can create a grid for use in Microsoft Paintbrush 4.0 as follows:


 * 1) Click the line tool. A cross hair cursor appears on the screen. This cursor appears as two perpendicular lines roughly one-half inch in length on the screen. These line segments can be used to help measure horizontal and vertical spacing for the grid.
 * 2) Position the tip of the vertical segment in the cross hair to the upper left-hand corner of the screen. Use the &quot;position&quot; numbers on the information line to position the cursor exactly. The starting position for the center of the cursor should be the pixel coordinate 0,15.
 * 3) Press the SHIFT key and click either mouse button. This will constrain the cursor to draw a straight line as you move the mouse to the right. Draw the horizontal line for the full width of the screen.
 * 4) Move the center of the cursor down 15 pixels at a time or about half the length of the vertical cursor line. Complete uniform horizontal lines for the full width of the screen.
 * 5) Place the center of the cross hair cursor at position 15,0. Press the SPACEBAR, then the SHIFT key to constrain the cursor to vertical movement.
 * 6) Use the cursor cross hairs to help position the cursor at intervals of 15 pixels. Draw vertical lines at the given interval for the full width of the screen.
 * 7) Save this completed grid as a .PCX file in the directory of your choice. You can load this file each time you want a full screen grid, then rename the saved file when you are done with your drawing. If you want only a partial grid, proceed with steps 8 through 10 below.
 * 8) From the Options menu, choose Set Tile Pattern. Choose the pattern you have saved in the .PCX file. Open this file in the dialog box.
 * 9) From the Effects menu, choose the Tile Pattern command. The grid you loaded now appears in the left-hand side of the palette.
 * 10) By choosing the Filled Box tool, you can place the grid pattern on part or all of the drawing area.

Additional query words: 4.00 paint brush grid tile pattern left hand

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