MS Paint access keys

MS Paint access keys are only available when PaintZ is running in its own window as a standalone app.

When using MS Paint access keys, continue pressing the keys until the sequence is completed. Pressing Esc or a key that is not part of any sequence will cancel the sequence.

If an access key sequence did something different in Windows 7 Paint than classic Paint, PaintZ will match classic Paint.

Classic MS Paint

File menu Alt+F
New N
Open... O
Save (functions as “Save As...”) S
Save As... A
Print Preview (functions as “Print...”) V
Print... P
Send... (in supported browsers) E
Exit X
 
Edit menu Alt+E
Undo U
Repeat R
Cut T
Copy C
Paste P
Clear Selection L
Select All A
Paste From... F
 
View menu Alt+V
Text Toolbar (switches to text tool) E
View Bitmap V
Zoom → Normal Size Z, N
Zoom → Large Size Z, L
Zoom → Custom... Z, U
Zoom → Show Grid Z, G
 
Image menu Alt+I
Flip/Rotate... (switches to selection tool) F
Invert Colors I
Attributes... A
Clear Image C
Draw Opaque D
 
Colors menu Alt+C
Edit Colors... E
 
Help menu Alt+H
Help Topics H
About Paint A

Windows 7+ Paint

File menu Alt+F
New N
Open O
Save (functions as “Save as...”) S
Save as... A
Print → Print R, P
Print → Print preview (functions as “Print”) R, V
Send in email (in supported browsers) D
About Paint T
Exit X
 
Home tab Alt+H
Paste → Paste V, P
Paste → Paste from V, F
Cut X
Copy C
Select → Rectangular selection S, E, R
Select → Free-form selection S, E, F
Select → Select all S, E, A
Select → Delete S, E, D
Select → Transparent selection S, E, T
Shapes (switches to line tool) S, H
Crop R, P
Resize R, E
Rotate → Rotate right 90° R, O, R
Rotate → Rotate left 90° R, O, L
Rotate → Rotate 180° R, O, T
Rotate → Flip vertical R, O, V
Rotate → Flip horizontal R, O, H
Pencil P
Fill with color K
Text T
Eraser E, R
Color picker D
Brushes B
Outline O
Fill I
Size S, Z
Edit colors E, C
 
View tab Alt+V
Zoom in I
Zoom out O
100% M
Gridlines G
Full screen F
 
Text tab Alt+T
Paste P
Cut X
Copy C
Font family F, F
Font size F, S
Bold F, B
Italic F, I
Underline F, U
Strikethrough F, X
Opaque background O
Transparent background T
Edit colors E, C
 
Help button Alt+Y

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