mine's greyed when 1st opened
then...
clicked the 'text' symbol
clicked on the canvas
clicked view, there it was

Thank you very much Bichur...this thing has been driving me bonkers forever.

Thank you very much Bichur...this thing has been driving me bonkers forever.

Instead of MS Paint - have you tried the free download of paint.net ?
Its like ms paint but is 10x's better and has much more to offer you - all for free

I have the latest version of paint.net. Also deep paint, brush, Fractal draw Plus, 3DSC, Xaos 3.2...ummm...let me see...what else...Amabalis 3d...Gimp...Seriff Draw Pro...I think that's all. Only one problem...getting to learn how to use them all. Wall I'm doing is my first and mspaint I know having used it brfore. Also have Bryce5...and Google Sketchup...so much to learn and so little time...I must be crazy.BTW...all freebies.lol lol lol

Only one problem...getting to learn how to use them all.

Yeah, thats my problem too. I just was wondering about MS paint - I havent used that since I got paint.net. I used to use it all the time but Paint.net replaced that for me.

You would think that microsoft, with all the hoopla about new OS's, would at least try to keep pace with third party paint apps. But then again...maybe Mr. Gates or whomever does these things thinks it's not worth it? Oh well...their loss our gain.