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.
MS Paint Keyboard Shortcuts
| KEYBOARD SHORTCUT | ACTION |
| F1 | Open Paint Help |
| F11 | View a picture in full-screen mode |
| F12 | Save the picture as a new file |
| Ctrl+A | Select the entire picture |
| Ctrl+B | Bold selected text |
| Ctrl+C | Copy a selection to the Clipboard |
| Ctrl+E | Open the Properties dialog 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 box |
| 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 |
| F10 or Alt | Display keytips |
| Shift+F10 | Show the current shortcut menu |
How do you flip a picture horizontally and vertically? That’s the thing I’m always doing – trimming pictures.
this should work..
-open the picture on the IMAGE VIEWER
-rotate the picture and take the screenshot
-open the screenshot on MS Paint
no, no, no, how does one flip a picture horizontally and vertically USING THE KEYBOARD ONLY. It used to be available in Vista, XP, Win2k, Win98, Win95, Win3.1