MS Paint Shortcuts

Microsoft Paint Shortcut Keys.

73 shortcuts
Shortcut Action Description
A Airbrush Draw with airbrush.
Alt+F4 Exit Exit Paint.
B Brush Draw with a brush.
C Curve Draw a curve.
Ctrl++ Zoom In Zoom in on image.
Ctrl+- Zoom Out Zoom out on image.
Ctrl+0 Fit to Window Fit image in window.
Ctrl+1 100% Zoom View at 100%.
Ctrl+A Select All Select entire image.
Ctrl+B Bold Text Bold selected text.
Ctrl+C Copy Copy selected area.
Ctrl+D Deselect Deselect selection.
Ctrl+E Resize Resize image.
Ctrl+I Italic Text Italicize selected text.
Ctrl+J Paste from Paste from file.
Ctrl+Left Arrow Previous Color Select previous color.
Ctrl+Mouse Wheel Zoom Zoom in/out with mouse wheel.
Ctrl+N New Create a new image.
Ctrl+O Open Open an existing image.
Ctrl+P Print Print the image.
Ctrl+Page Down Zoom Out Zoom out.
Ctrl+Page Up Zoom In Zoom in.
Ctrl+Q Clear All Clear entire image.
Ctrl+Right Arrow Next Color Select next color.
Ctrl+Rotate Rotate Rotate selection.
Ctrl+S Save Save the image.
Ctrl+Shift+Background Select Background Select background color.
Ctrl+Shift+Foreground Select Foreground Select foreground color.
Ctrl+Shift+I Flip Vertical Flip selection vertically.
Ctrl+Shift+S Save As Save image with a new name.
Ctrl+Shift+U Remove Formatting Remove text formatting.
Ctrl+T Text Toolbar Show text toolbar.
Ctrl+U Underline Text Underline selected text.
Ctrl+V Paste Paste clipboard contents.
Ctrl+W Resize by % Resize image by percentage.
Ctrl+X Cut Cut selected area.
Ctrl+Y Redo Redo a previously undone action.
Ctrl+Z Undo Undo the last action.
Ctrl+[ Rotate Left Rotate selection 90° left.
Ctrl+] Rotate Right Rotate selection 90° right.
D0 Draw 10px Set brush size to 10px.
D1 Draw 1px Set brush size to 1px.
D2 Draw 2px Set brush size to 2px.
D3 Draw 3px Set brush size to 3px.
D4 Draw 4px Set brush size to 4px.
D5 Draw 5px Set brush size to 5px.
D6 Draw 6px Set brush size to 6px.
D7 Draw 7px Set brush size to 7px.
D8 Draw 8px Set brush size to 8px.
D9 Draw 9px Set brush size to 9px.
Delete Clear Selection Clear selected area.
E Eraser/Color Eraser Erase or erase to white.
F Fill Tool Fill closed areas.
F1 Help Open Help.
F10 Color Picker Show colors picker.
F11 Full Screen View in full screen.
F12 Save As Save image with new name.
G Fill with Color Fill an area with color.
H Home Open Home tab.
I Pick Color Pick a color from image.
K Select Color Select color from palette.
L Line Draw a straight line.
M Magnifier Magnify a region.
O Ellipse Draw an ellipse.
P Pencil Draw with a pencil.
R Rectangle Draw a rectangle.
Shift+Tab Cycle Tools Back Cycle through tools in reverse.
Space Pan Tool Pan around the image.
T Text Add text.
Tab Cycle Tools Cycle through tools.
U Rounded Rectangle Draw a rounded rectangle.
X Swap Colors Swap foreground and background colors.
Y Polygon Draw a polygon.