If you have turned on the Windows MouseKeys feature of Ease of Access Center, you can also use the keyboard numeric keypad to control the mouse in Paint and many other apps. Hold down Shift when drawing shapes to create a perfect circle, square or straight horizontal, straight vertical or 45 deg sloping line. Shift + F10 - Show the current shortcut menu / context menu.Ĭtrl + F1 - Expand or collapse the Ribbon.Īfter selecting something, Ctrl + drag with the mouse - to create a copy of the selection. Like in Microsoft Paint, pressing the Ctrl and S keys in Paint 3D opens the Save As dialogue if you are saving the image for the first time. Up arrow - Move the selection or active shape up by one pixel. Left arrow - Move the selection or active shape left by one pixel.ĭown arrow - Move the selection or active shape down by one pixel. Step 3: Input Paint to name the shortcut, and choose Finish. This disable keyboard shortcuts (e.g., Ctrl-S for save.
Step 2: In the Create Shortcut window, type mspaint and tap Next. You can create a simple configuration file for Tux Paint, which it will read each time you. Steve Winograd, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) Steve Winograd. Step 1: Right-click the desktop, open New in the menu and select Shortcut from the sub-list. Click Paint with the right mouse button, hold the button down, drag it to the desktop, drop it there, and click Create Shortcuts Here.
Right arrow - Move the selection or active shape right by one pixel. Click Start > All Programs > Accessories.
Ctrl + B - Bold selected text (when using the text tool).Ĭtrl + C - Copy the selection to the clipboard.Ĭtrl + E - Open the Image Properties dialog box where you can adjust the dimensions of the image.Ĭtrl + I - Italicize selected text (when using the text tool).Ĭtrl + U - Underline selected text (when using the text tool).Ĭtrl + V - Paste a selection from the Clipboard.Ĭtrl + W - Open the Resize and Skew dialog box.Ĭtrl + plus ( + ) - Increase the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel.Ĭtrl + minus (-) - Decrease the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel.Īlt + F4 - Close a picture and its Paint window.