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How to increase the canvas' size handle in MS Paint

Anonymous
2021-10-19T15:05:18+00:00

My employer got me an Alienware laptop to work from home with Windows 10 Pro. I use MS Paint a lot and I noticed that the resize handles are super small and I have such a difficult time finding them, especially the side one and bottom one. Furthermore, although at 100% view, the canvas size looks very small (450 x180px).

How do I increase the size of these? See the two pictures for comparison.

My current MS Paint. Canvas looks very small (size of 450 x 180px) and the size handles are almost invisible.

What I'm used to. Canvas looks a lot bigger (same size of 450 x 180px) and the size handles are bigger too.

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  1. Neil D 32,835 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-10-19T15:12:22+00:00

    What happens if you select File > Properties and change the canvas size there. Select Default seems to change it for me but you should be able to input the pixel size you want to use.

    It asked to save when I closed Paint after I selected Default but I didn't and when I open Paint again the canvas is larger.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-10-19T22:31:19+00:00

    This is another programme

    this is inbuilt with Windows 10 so you don't need to download anything

    You can also refer to this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPXTvrY7yc4

    These will give you a clear picture on how to use Snip sketch

    here is the other one

    https://softwarekeep.com/help-center/how-to-use-snip-and-sketch-to-capture-and-edit-screenshots-in-windows-10

    As Paint app has limited usage , you can use snip and sketch app which has more usage and accessibility

    First see the video then read the guide on how to use

    Then after using it for the first time you may have doubts

    Feel fee to ask me

    I will be waiting for your reply

    Thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-10-19T15:27:15+00:00

    Unfortunately, I use many pictures and images that have a predefined size when I paste them in Paint so I have to eliminate a lot of extra canvas space by dragging the handles to where the image starts.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-10-19T15:06:39+00:00

    There is no safe way to increase the size of that

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