Paint Keyboard shortcut

Paint keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Paint.

Press this key   To do this

Ctrl+N          Create a new picture

Ctrl+O          Open an existing picture

Ctrl+S          Save changes to a picture

F12              Save the picture as a new file

Ctrl+P          Print a picture

Alt+F4          Close a picture and its Paint window

Ctrl+Z          Undo a change

Ctrl+Y          Redo a change

Ctrl+A          Select the entire picture

Ctrl+X          Cut a selection

Ctrl+C          Copy a selection to the Clipboard

Ctrl+V          Paste a selection from the Clipboard

Right Arrow   Move the selection or active shape right by one pixel

Left Arrow     Move the selection or active shape left by one pixel

Down Arrow  Move the selection or active shape down by one pixel

Up Arrow      Move the selection or active shape up by one pixel

Esc              Cancel a selection

Delete          Delete a selection

Ctrl+B          Bold selected text

Ctrl++          Increase the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel

Ctrl+-           Decrease the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel

Ctrl+I           Italicize selected text

Ctrl+U          Underline selected text

Ctrl+E          Open the Properties dialog box

Ctrl+W         Open the Resize and Skew dialog box

Ctrl+Page Up Zoom in

Ctrl+Page Down  Zoom out

F11              View a picture in full-screen mode

Ctrl+R          Show or hide the ruler

Ctrl+G          Show or hide gridlines

F10 or Alt      Display keytips

Shift+F10      Show the current shortcut menu

F1                Open Paint Help