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- <h2>Help Menu</h2>
- <p>This menu provides quick access to this documentation, the ability to
- send feedback or a bug report to the authors of Paint.NET, access to various
- online resources, the ability to choose the language, and the ability to
- show the About box.</p>
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- <li class="nobullet"><img border="0" src="Images/HelpMenu.png"><p></p></li>
- <li><h3><a name="HelpTopics"></a>Help Topics</h3><p>This launches the
- help file (which you are currently reading).</p></li>
- <li><h3><a name="PaintNetWebsite"></a>Paint.NET Website</h3>
- <p>This will open the Paint.NET website,
- <a href="http://www.getpaint.net">http://www.getpaint.net</a>. </p>
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- <h3><a name="Donate"></a>Donate</h3>
- <p>This will open a web browser to a page that will let you donate to
- Paint.NET, <a href="http://www.getpaint.net/donate.html">
- http://www.getpaint.net/donate.html</a>. </p>
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- <h3><a name="Forum"></a>Forum</h3>
- <p>This will open a web browser to the Paint.NET forum website where
- there is an active user community.</p>
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- <h3><a name="Tutorials"></a>Tutorials</h3>
- <p>This will open a web browser to the section of the Paint.NET forum
- that is dedicated to publishing tutorials. These tutorials run the gamut
- from easy to advanced, including such effects as "fiery text", exploding
- planets, and how to draw cartoons. The contents are constantly being
- added to or updated, so be sure to check back often!</p>
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- <h3><a name="Plugins"></a>Plugins</h3>
- <p>This will open a web browser to the section of the Paint.NET forum
- that is dedicated to publishing plugins. Some examples of plugins
- include support for the DDS and PCX file formats, a "toon" effect, drop
- shadows, and a very useful and unique "conditional hue and saturation"
- plugin. Please note that these plugins are provided by members of the
- forum, and the Paint.NET team can provide no support for them.</p>
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- <h3><a name="SendFeedbackOrBugReport"></a>Send feedback or bug report</h3>
- <p>This will launch your default e-mail client with a template that
- enables you to either send a bug report or general feedback
- regarding Paint.NET.</p>
- <p>If you are sending a bug, please make sure to include the
- following information:</span></p>
- <ul>
- <li><p>A step-by-step description of how to reproduce the
- problem, error, or crash</p></li>
- <li><p>If you are reporting a crash, please include the contents
- of the "pdncrash.log" file which is on your desktop (if you can
- not find this file, then don't worry about it).</p></li>
- <li><p>A brief description of your computer's specifications.
- This includes the CPU type and speed, amount of memory (not hard
- drive space), and version of Windows.</p></li>
- </ul>
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- <li><h3><a name="Language"></a>Language</h3>
- <p>This submenu will let you choose which language Paint.NET is
- displayed in.</p>
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- <h3><a name="CheckForUpdates"></a>Check for Updates</h3>
- <p>By default, Paint.NET automatically checks for updates every five
- (5) days. It only checks for updates while it is running (a
- background program is not installed to do this), and no personal
- information is transmitted from your computer during the process (it
- works by downloading a text file from the Paint.NET website and
- inspecting its contents). </p>
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- <img border="0" src="Images/CheckForUpdates.png" width="391" height="240"></p>
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- Clicking on the Options button will show this dialog:</p>
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- <img border="0" src="Images/UpdateOptions.png" width="446" height="193"></p>
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- In Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Paint.NET will only check for
- updates for users who are part of the Administrators group, and will
- only allow these users to use the Check for Updates command. </p>
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- In Windows Vista, Paint.NET will allow any user to check for updates.
- However, in order to install the update or to change the update options
- you must provide elevation consent (via UAC), or provide the login
- credentials for a user with administrator privileges.</p>
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- <h3>About</h3>
- <p>This shows some information about Paint.NET including the copyright
- and list of contributors.</p>
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- <font color="#808080" size="1">Copyright <font face="Times New Roman">© 2007 </font>
- Rick Brewster, Tom Jackson, and past contributors. Portions Copyright
- <font face="Times New Roman">© 2007 </font>Microsoft Corporation. All Rights
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