Editing Microsoft Paint (section)

=== Windows 7 and 8.x ===
[[File:MS Paint Win7 PaintBrush types.png|thumb|Artistic brushes in Paint for [[Windows 7]]]]
The version of Paint in [[Windows 7]] and later features a [[Ribbon (computing)|ribbon]] in its user interface.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rivera |first=Rafael |title=Short: Ribbon implemented in Windows "7" Paint |url=http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/09/16/short-ribbon-implemented-in-windows-7-paint/ |access-date=May 2, 2009 |date=September 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921203613/http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/09/16/short-ribbon-implemented-in-windows-7-paint/ |archive-date=September 21, 2008 }}</ref> It also features "artistic" brushes composed of varying shades of gray and some degree of transparency that give a more realistic result. To add to the realism, the oil and watercolor brushes can only paint for a small distance before the user must re-click (this gives the illusion that the paintbrush has run out of paint). In addition, Paint can now undo up to 50 subsequent changes. It also has anti-aliased shapes, which can be resized freely until they are rasterized when another tool is selected. This version supports viewing (but not saving) transparent [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] and [[ICO (file format)|ICO]] file formats and saves files in the .png file format by default.

Text can now be pasted into text boxes that don't have enough room to display the text. A text box can then be enlarged or reshaped appropriately to fit the text if desired. Previous versions of Paint would display an error message if a user tried to paste more text than there was room for.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

The [[Windows 8]] version of Paint mostly corrects a long-standing defect from previous versions involving the inability to scroll the window when editing in Zoom view over 100%. However, when the user inserts text in Zoom view, they cannot move the text beyond the zoomed viewport while the text window is in edit mode with either the mouse or keyboard.