Windows 7 / Getting Started

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Keyboard shortcuts for MS Paint

Here we are going to show you keyboard shortcuts for ms-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

Keyboard shortcuts for Wordpad

Press this key	To do this
Ctrl+N 		Create a new document
Ctrl+O		Open an existing document
Ctrl+S 		Save changes to a document
F12		Save the document as a new file
Ctrl+P 		Print a document
Alt+F4		Close WordPad
Ctrl+Z 		Undo a change
Ctrl+Y		Redo a change
Ctrl+A 		Select the entire document
Ctrl+X		Cut a selection
Ctrl+C 		Copy a selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl+V		Paste a selection from the Clipboard
Ctrl+B 		Make selected text bold
Ctrl+I		Italicize selected text
Ctrl+U 		Underline selected text
Ctrl+=		Make selected text subscript
Ctrl+Shift+= 	Make selected text superscript
Ctrl+L		Align text left
Ctrl+E 		Align text center
Ctrl+R		Align text right
Ctrl+J 		Justify text
Ctrl+1		Set single line spacing
Ctrl+2 		Set double line spacing
Ctrl+5		Set line spacing to 1.5
Ctrl+Shift+>	Increase the font size
Ctrl+Shift+<	Decrease the font size
Ctrl+Shift+A 	Change characters to all capitals
Ctrl+Shift+L	Change the bullet style
Ctrl+D 		Insert a Microsoft Paint drawing
Ctrl+F		Find text in a document
F3 		Find the next instance of the text in the Find dialog box
Ctrl+H		Replace text in a document
Ctrl+Left 	Arrow Move the cursor one word to the left
Ctrl+Right Arrow 	Move the cursor one word to the right
Ctrl+Up 	Arrow Move the cursor to the line above
Ctrl+Down Arrow		Move the cursor to the line below
Ctrl+Home 	Move to the beginning of the document
Ctrl+End	Move to the end of the document
Ctrl+Page 	Up Move up one page
Ctrl+Page Down	Move down one page
Ctrl+Delete 	Delete the next word
F10		Display keytips
Shift+F10 	Show the current shortcut menu
F1		Open WordPad Help