How to Put Text on Pictures
This wikiHow teaches you how to place text over a picture. You can do this using Paint for Windows, Preview for Mac computers, and an app called 'Phonto' for iPhone and Android smartphones. Open Start . Click the Windows logo in the...
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On Windows
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Open StartHow to Put Text on Pictures Picture 2
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Type paint into Start. Doing so will search your computer for the Paint program, which you can use to add text to your preferred image. -
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Click Paint. It's a palette-shaped icon at the top of the menu. The Paint window will open. -
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Click File. This is in the top-left corner of the Paint window. Clicking it prompts a pop-out window to appear. -
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Click Open. It's near the top of the pop-out menu. A File Explorer window will open. -
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Click your picture's folder. On the left side of the File Explorer window, click the folder that contains the photo to which you want to add text.- For example, if the picture is on your desktop, you'd find and click the Desktop folder.
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Select a picture. Click the picture to which you want to add text to select it. -
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Click Open. You'll see this in the bottom-right corner of the File Explorer window. Doing so opens the photo in Paint. -
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Click A. It's in the "Tools" section of the toolbar at the top of the Paint window. -
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Create a text box. Click and drag your mouse across the section of the photo on which you want to add text, then release the button.- You can also just click the photo to place a pre-sized text box on it.
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Enter your text. Type in the text that you want to place on your photo.- You can edit the text's font, size, and formatting by selecting the text and then using the tools in the "Font" section of the toolbar.
- To change the color of the text, click a color in the "Colors" section of the toolbar.
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Resize your text box if necessary. Click and drag one of the corners of the text box down and out to do so. This is helpful if you created a text box with regular text and then resized the text later. -
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Save your photo's text. Click File, then click Save in the resulting menu. This will save the changes to the original photo.- If you'd rather save the photo with text as its own file, click File, click Save As, and enter a new name in the "File name" box before clicking Save.
Method 2 of 3:
On Mac
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Open Finder. Click the blue, face-like icon in your Mac's Dock. -
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Click your picture's folder. On the left side of the Finder window, click the folder in which the photo that you want to use is located. -
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Open the picture. Double-click the picture to which you want to add text. The picture will open in Preview. -
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Click Tools. It's a menu item at the top of the screen. Doing so will prompt a drop-down menu. -
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Select Annotate. This option is in the middle of the Tools drop-down menu. A pop-out menu will appear to the right of the Tools menu. -
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Click Text. It's in the Annotate menu. This will add a text box with the word Text to your photo. -
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Enter your image's text. Double-click the Text word on the photo, then type in the word or phrase that you want to use instead.- You can edit the text's properties by clicking the A button at the top of the Preview window and then selecting a different size, font, and/or color.
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Reposition the text box. Click and drag the text itself to move it, or click and drag the sphere to the left or right of the text to resize the text box. -
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Save your photo. Click File in the top-left corner of the screen, then click Save in the drop-down menu. Your text changes will be saved.
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On Mobile
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Download Phonto. This app allows you to add text to photos on both iPhone and Android phones. To download Phonto:- iPhone - Open the
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- Android - Open the
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Open Phonto. Tap OPEN in your phone's app store once it finishes downloading, or tap the red Phonto app on the Home Screen (iPhone) or in the App Drawer (Android). -
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Tap the middle of the screen. Doing so will bring up a menu. -
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Tap Photo Albums. It's near the top of the menu. Your phone's photo album will open.- On Android, tap Load new image from device... here instead.
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Select a photo. Tap an album from which you want to open a photo, then tap a photo and tap Done to open it in the main Phonto window.- On Android, tapping the photo will open it in the Phonto window.
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Create a new text box. Tap the photo, then tap Add Text when prompted.- On Android, tap the pencil-shaped icon at the top of the screen.
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Enter your text. Type in the word or phrase that you want to use for the photo, then tap Done. -
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Edit the text. Tap and drag the text to reposition it, or tap one of the options above or below the text to change the font, style, size, position, and/or formatting of the text.- For example, you can tap Font to select a new font.
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Save your photo. Tap the "Share" iconHow to Put Text on Pictures Picture 35
- On Android, tap ⋮ in the top-right corner of the screen, then tap Save in the drop-down menu.
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