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Ms Paint Keyboard Shortcuts


MS Paint is surely one of the oldest and best painting or drawing tool available for computer. And knowing the shortcuts of this beautiful tool will make the whole thing more fun.
In this post, I have shared the best MS Paint keyboard shortcuts. Regardless the fact if you are regular MS Paint user or not, the below shortcuts would surely prove to be handy. These shortcuts have been tried out on Windows 8, and they work fine.
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MS Paint Keyboard Shortcuts

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTACTION
F1Open Paint Help
F11View a picture in full-screen mode
F12Save the picture as a new file
Ctrl+ASelect the entire picture
Ctrl+BBold selected text
Ctrl+CCopy a selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl+EOpen the Properties dialog box
Ctrl+GShow or hide gridlines
Ctrl+IItalicize selected text
Ctrl+NCreate a new picture
Ctrl+OOpen an existing picture
Ctrl+PPrint a picture
Ctrl+RShow or hide the ruler
Ctrl+SSave changes to a picture
Ctrl+UUnderline selected text
Ctrl+VPaste a selection from the Clipboard
Ctrl+WOpen the Resize and Skew dialog box
Ctrl+XCut a selection
Ctrl+YRedo a change
Ctrl+ZUndo a change
Ctrl+plus (+)Increase the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel
Ctrl+minus (-)Decrease the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel
Ctrl+Page UpZoom in
Ctrl+Page DownZoom out
Alt+F4Close a picture and its Paint window
Right arrowMove the selection or active shape right by one pixel
Left arrowMove the selection or active shape left by one pixel
Down arrowMove the selection or active shape down by one pixel
Up arrowMove the selection or active shape up by one pixel
F10 or AltDisplay keytips
Shift+F10Show the current shortcut menu

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