Windows Paint & Paint 3D Shortcuts Guide - Image Editing Controls

F11

View a picture in full-screen mode

F12

Save the picture as a new file

Ctrl + A

Select the whole picture

Ctrl + B

Bold selected text

Ctrl + C

Copy a selection to the Clipboard

Ctrl + E

Open the Propertiesdialog box

Ctrl + G

Show or hide gridlines

Ctrl + I

Italicize selected text

Ctrl + N

Create a new picture

Ctrl + O

Open an existing picture

Ctrl + P

Print a picture

Ctrl + R

Show or hide the ruler

Ctrl + S

Save changes to a picture

Ctrl + U

Underline selected text

Ctrl + V

Paste a selection from the Clipboard

Ctrl + W

Open the Resize and Skew dialog

Ctrl + X

Cut a selection

Ctrl + Y

Redo a change

Ctrl + Z

Undo 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 Up

Zoom in

Ctrl + Page Down

Zoom out

Alt + F4

Close a picture and its Paint window

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

Shift + F10

Show the context menu

Ctrl + 0  or NumberPad0

Reset zoom

Ctrl + 3

Switch views

Ctrl + A

Selects all 3D items in your workspace; repeat command to toggle to select all 2D items

Ctrl + B

Bold selected text

Ctrl + C

Copy selected item

Ctrl + Insert

Copy selected item

Ctrl + Shift + C

Capture a screenshot

Ctrl + E

Show canvas properties

Ctrl + Shift + E

Show or hide 3D perspective

Ctrl + G

Group objects

Ctrl + Shift + G

Ungroup objects

I

Turn on eyedropper

Ctrl + I

Italicize selected text

M

Minimize or expand the side menu

Ctrl + N

Create a new picture or file

Ctrl + O

Open an existing picture or file

Ctrl + P

Print in 2D

Ctrl + S

Save

Ctrl + Shift + S

Save as

Ctrl + U

Underline selected text

Ctrl + V

Paste selected item

Shift + Insert

Paste selected item

Ctrl + W

Select canvas

Ctrl + Shift + W

Show or hide canvas

Ctrl + X

Cut selected item

Shift + Delete

Cut selected item

Ctrl + Shift + X

2D crop

Ctrl + Y

Redo an action

Ctrl + Z

Undo an action

Escape

Stop or leave the current task

Home

Reset view

PgUp

Zoom in

Ctrl + PgUp

Zoom in

PgDn

Zoom out

Ctrl + PgDn

Zoom out

Ctrl + mouse wheel

Zoom in or out

Ctrl + Left

Orbit left

Ctrl + Right

Orbit right

Ctrl + Up

Orbit up

Ctrl + Down

Orbit down

Alt + Left

Pan left

Alt + Right

Pan right

Alt + Up

Pan up

Alt + Down

Pan down

Ctrl + Minus (-) or [

Decrease brush size

Ctrl + Plus (+) or ]

Increase brush size

Right arrow

Move selection or active shape right by one pixel

Left arrow

Move selection or active shape left by one pixel

Down arrow

Move selection or active shape down by one pixel

Up arrow

Move selection or active shape up by one pixel

Alt + F4

Close program

F6

Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop

F10

Activate the Menu bar in the app

Shift + F10

Show the context menu

F11

View picture in full-screen mode

F12

Save picture as a new file