MS Paint Keyboard Shortcuts

This post will detail a list of useful MS Paint shortcuts. I use most of these myself as they're much quicker than using the menu or clicking buttons. This is a great resource to bookmark, especially if you are newer to pixel art.

Command	Function
CTRL+Mouse wheel up	Zoom in
CTRL+Mouse wheel down	Zoom out
CTRL+Z	Undo last action
CTRL+Y	Redo last action
CTRL+A	Select all (entire image)
CTRL+X	Cut selected area
CTRL+V	Paste selected area
CTRL+C	Copy selected area
CTRL+E	Show image properties
CTRL+G	Enable/disable gridlines
CTRL+R	Enable/disable ruler

There are other shortcuts as well. I don't use them quite as much but they are still pretty useful: 

Command	Function
CTRL+N	New image
CTRL+O	Open image
CTRL+S	Save image
CTRL+P	Print image
CTRL+I	Invert colors

Useful keys while drawing: 

Holding SHIFT while using tools such as the line tool, rectangle tool, and ellipse tool, will allow you to draw perfect versions of those things. For example, drawing with the rectangle tool while holding shift will let you draw squares. Drawing with the line tool while holding shift will let you draw a straight line in 45 degree increments.

There are other shortcut keys, but for the sake of brevity I've included the ones I think are most useful. There may even be others I don't know about. Feel free to experiment or research additional ones, and let me know in the comments below if you find this guide useful or have feedback. Thank you!