How to see the text ?

[flyby]

Sometimes the text shows sometimes it doesn't i can only get it to show by randomly clickign things i don't actually know how i do it each time, i guess its going behind layers,

How can i make it show ?

[Bob]

http://getpaint.net/doc/3.05/en/LayersA ... Modes.html

[Crazy Man Dan]

1) Make sure you're typing on a visible layer.

2) Make sure there are no layers above your text layer in that stack that will cover the text.

3) Make sure the Primary color is not the same as the color of the background of the image.