Shortcuts are simply the key combinations (involving two or more keys) that can allow you to perform certain actions. Given below are the MS Paint keyboard shortcuts those are tried and tested.
Shortcuts using Ctrl key
Ctrl + A: It makes the user select the entire canvas
Ctrl + C: Pressing it copies the selected portion
Ctrl + X: This shortcut is to cut the selected area
Ctrl + V: It is meant to paste clipboard data
Ctrl + Z: This can undo the last action taken; for example, if you deleted a text, and then pressed this shortcut, the deleted text can be brought back again
Ctrl + Y: This shortcut is used to redo the action taken
Ctrl + E: This shortcut is meant to see image properties
Ctrl + G: This command toggles grid lines
Ctrl + P: It is meant to print the picture
Ctrl + R: This shortcut is used to display or hide the ruler
Ctrl + W: This shortcut opens and resizes and skews dialog box
Ctrl + N: It is meant to create a new picture
Ctrl + O: This shortcut is used to open an image
Ctrl + S: It saves the changes made to an image
Ctrl + Page Up: It zooms in the image
Ctrl + Page Down: This key combination zooms out the image
Ctrl + B: It makes the selected text appear in bold
Ctrl + I: This is meant to italicize the selected text
Ctrl + U: It underlines the selected text
Ctrl + Num Pad +: It scales up the image
Ctrl + Num Pad –: It scales down the image
Shortcuts using Alt key
Alt + F: This key combination opens the File menu
Alt + H: It makes the user switch to Home tab
Alt + V: This is meant to switch to the View tab
Alt + F4: It closes the window
Alt + Esc: This shortcut minimizes the interface of MS Paint
Alt + Spacebar: This is very much similar to put a right-click on the title bar
Shortcuts using Function keys
F1 It opens Paint help
F11 This is meant to view a picture in full-screen mode
F12 It can save the image as a completely new file
F10 It shows key tips
Apart from these, ‘Escape’ can be pressed to cancel a selection, ‘Delete’ can be pressed to delete, and Print Screen to copy the screen, which can be pasted on the canvas.