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The Eraser Tool

  1. Click the eraser in the tool box. To use a smaller or larger eraser, click an option at the bottom of the tool box. The selected background color shows what color the eraser will leave behind. To change the background color, click a color by using the right mouse button.
  2. Drag the mouse pointer over the area you want to erase.
  3. To change a specific color (and nothing else), change the foreground color to the color you want to erase and the background color to the color you want to replace it with. Click the eraser, and then use the right mouse button to change the color.
  4. To erase a large area
    1. Click one of the selection tools in the tool box, and then drag the mouse pointer to select the area you want to erase. The current background color will be used to fill the cleared area.
    2. To choose a different background color, click a color in the color box with the right mouse button.
    3. On the Edit menu, click Clear Selection. (or right click and choose Clear Selection from the menu)
Assignment: Using the irregular selection tool, select one of the bottom arcs and erase it.


Using Save As, save this file in the folder with the name as outlined by your teacher.


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2001-07-19