Part 2 how to make notepaper
Final part of the Paint Shop Pro notepaper tutorial

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STEP 11

Change the Foreground color to a Light Red and draw a Vertical line down the left side of the paper, in from the edge by about 2 grid spaces, if required.

Turn off the Grid (View || Grid) and check your work.

Deselect the image. CTRL + D

STEP 12

You will now add some "Punch" holes to the paper.

Add a New Layer.

Change the Foreground Color to Null and the Background Color to a bright solid color.

STEP 13

Select the Preset Shapes Tool and under the Toggle Tool Options apply the settings;

Shape = Circle
Antialias = Checked
Line Width = 1
Line Style = Solid

Draw a small circle on your paper.

Select the Mover Tool and position the circle in place.

Step 14

Copy the Circle to Your Clipboard and Paste as a New Layer. Move the Circle into place.

CTRL + C ...... CTRL + L

Repeat for a third circle.

STEP 15

Click on the Tolggle Layers Palette and turn off Layers 1 & 2 by clicking on the "Glasses".

STEP 16

Now go to Layers || Merge || Merge Visible

STEP 17

Go back to the Toggle Layers Palette, ( see step 15) and turn Layers 1 & 2 back on by clicking on the glasses again.

STEP 18

Click on the Selection Tool and make a rectangle selection around the holes, Antialias off.

Click on one of the holes to make them the active selection.

STEP 19

Bring up the Toggle Layer Palette and click on Layer 2 to make that layer active.

Now hit your "Delete" key.

STEP 20

Right Click on the "Floating Selection" and delete that layer.

STEP 21

Delete Layer 1 to make your image have a transparent background.

Go to Layers || Merge || Merge Visible

Copy your image and paste it as a new image.

Resize to suit .

Go File || Export and export it as a Picture Tube.

You now have a Notepad to send notes around the world.