Information and Communication Technology

3.3.17 MS Paint

MS Paint is an application in accessories group.  It is a graphics tool for constructing pictures.   We can select colour for a picture, modify the picture, put text in picture and also we can print the picture.  Tool box has several basic tools which can be used to draw the pictures.  A tool can be selected from the tool box by clicking it.  The thickness of the line can be selected using Line size selector.  Colours can be giving to pictures using Colour Palette. MS Paint pictures is saved as a bit map file (BMP).

Clock

Clock is a small programme in accessories which displays the current system time and system date.  There are two types of clock display.  They are analog, digital.  Analog display, the clock as a picture.  Digital display the time and date in digits.   We can set font for the digital display. We can also control the display of seconds in time and date display. 

Calculator

It is similar to real life calculator.  There are two type of calculator.   They are standard and scientific.   In standard calculator, we can perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division etc.   In scientific calculator, we can perform sin, cos, tan, log, factorial, decimal to binary, binary to octal, and, or, not etc.  Calculator result can be copied to clipboard using copy option in edit menu. 

Calendar

Calendar  is  small  programme  which  can  be  used  to  store  the  appointment on a particular day or time.  We can view the day wise or time wise appointments for any date.  In day wise display, we can mark the important days with different symbols.   In timewise display we can set alarm at a particular time.