How to Tag on Microsoft Paint

In real life, tagging someone usually means touching them in a game and tagging something means leaving a specially honed graffiti mark on a substance. On-screen, tagging can have two meanings as well. Tagging with Microsoft Paint, the Windows operating system's included graphic software takes on the graffiti option and a digital version of calling out, "You're it" on an image.

Instructions

Graffiti Tagging

1. Open Paint. Click one of the small colored boxes on the "Colors" section of the ribbon or click the "Edit colors" button and choose a paint color.

2. Click the "Brushes" button. Select the "Airbrush" tool. Click the "Size" button. Click the bottom/thickest size.

3. Position the cursor on the white Paint work area. Press and hold down the left mouse button. Drag the cursor around the workspace to add the graffiti tag design. Change paint colors as desired to add color to the design.

4. Click the Paint button. Click "Save As." Type a name for the graffiti design and click the "Save" button.

Picture Tagging

1. Open Paint. Click the Paint button. Select "Open." Browse to a picture to tag and double-click the image, which opens on the Paint work area.

2. Click a colored square in the "Colors" section to use as the tag text color. Click the text tool, which is the "A" icon on the "Tools" area of the ribbon.

3. Click the picture. Choose a font and font size from the drop-down menus. Type the tag text, such as the names of the people in the picture or the date of the photo.

4. Click the Paint button. Click "Save As." Type a new name for the image, to protect the untagged version, and click the "Save" button.

Resources

• Windows: Using Paint