How to remove image background without using Adobe Photoshop?

If a publisher will print your tutorials and articles, expect the editors to ask you to remove the background of your screenshots and have your screenshots with white or light background.

Recently, I faced this issue several times and found an easy way using Microsoft Word and Paint. Moreover, the process takes a couple of minutes.

Assume that your screenshots look like these two screenshots:

Sample 1

Sample 2

Sample 1: Colored Background and not Black

Step 1: Invert Color in Paint

Just copy the image and paste it in Paint. Right-click on it and select INVERT COLOR. It looks like the following screenshot:

Right-Click on the image in Paint

The output will as follows:

This screenshot shows how the image will look like after inverting the color.

Step 2: Color…