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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><a name="New"></a>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>
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- <h3><a name="Open"></a>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><a name="OpenRecent"></a>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 quickly clear the list.</p>
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- <h3><a name="Acquire"></a>Acquire</h3>
- <p>This submenu contains one item: From Scanner or Camera. These
- allow you to create a new image that is acquired from either a
- scanner or camera attached to your computer. The scanner or camera
- must support Windows Image Acquisition 2.0 (WIA).</p>
- <p><img border="0" src="Images/AcquireMenu.png"></p>
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- <h3><a name="Close"></a>Close</h3>
- <p>This closes the active image. If you have made changes that have
- not been saved, you will be asked for confirmation before saving:<br>
- <img border="0" src="Images/UnsavedChanges1.png"></li>
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- <h3><a name="Save"></a>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"></p>
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- <h3><a name="Save As"></a>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><a name="Print"></a>Print</h3>
- <p>This allows you to print your image using the built-in Windows
- Photo Printing user interface. It presents a simple wizard-based
- interface that will guide you through the printing process. </p>
- <p>In Windows Vista, the Print interface will look like this:</p>
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- <img border="0" src="Images/PrintWizard.jpg" width="508" height="390"></p>
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- <h3><a name="Exit"></a>Exit</h3>
- <p>Use this to exit Paint.NET. You will be asked to save your
- changes if you have not done so. If you have many images that have
- unsaved changes, you will be asked for confirmation first.<br>
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