Windows 10: how to add text to a photo in paint windows 10

it would seem like this should be a fairly easy intuitive process BUT NO. Can anybody help me? I'm trying to add text to photos.

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Photos are opening with Paint instead of Photos app

Hello,

It's likely that your default application for opening photos is Paint. To change your default program in Windows 10 from
Paint to the Photo app, we suggest that you perform the following steps:

• On the Start menu, select Settings.
  
• Go to System, then go to Default apps.
  
• Select Photos or any app that you like to be the default under
  Photo viewer.

Update us if the steps above helped you in resolving your concern.

 

editing text with paint in windows 10

Hi Neil,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

In order to understand the issue better, I suggest you to answer the question below.

• In what way you are trying to edit the photo?
• Are you trying to remove the text which is in the photo?

Paint doesn't have the option to edit the names which is already there in the photo, only you can remove/cut which also removes the part of the photo.

Only option you have in Paint is to enter the text on the Photo.

Hope this information helps. If any further issues post us to help you better.

 

Windows 10 Photo - adding Text

The Microsoft team suggests we use the Windows 10 'PAINT' ap. This is what I found works. Very cumbersome. Very slow. Very poor solution!

Adding text to Windows 10 Photos

Add Paint Ap to taskbar.

• Start … lower left corner.
• All aps
• Windows … accessories … right-click ‘Paint’ … left click ‘add to taskbar’
• Color palette now in taskbar at bottom of desktop

Adding text to photo

• Click/open ‘Paint’
• ‘File’ … ‘Open’ … browse and select photo to adjust
• ‘View’ … zoom out to reduce size
• ‘Home’ … click on big A to prepare for paste or typing in text. New ‘text’ tab opens up at top of control menus.
• Left-click on picture (but don’t drag) to set upper left corner or a text box which will automatically re-size to the text you are about to enter. Nothing happens yet … be patient.
• Right-click and ‘paste’ … or … Control-tab and ‘V’ to paste in text taken from another source.
• DON”T click again outside the box … keep working on the text until you are absolutely satisfied. You can’t get back to this text!
• You can change size of box around text.
• Can un-do or re-do changes.
• ‘File’ … ‘save-as’ to uniquely save the file as ‘JPEG’