Rotation only works for the image as a whole so when placing text you will want to.

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. With MS Paint, you dont use layers so you have to work a little harder. 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. Up arrow - Move the selection or active shape up by one pixel. Ed View Image Effects Colours Layers Objects Selections Masks Window Heb. Left arrow - Move the selection or active shape left by one pixel.ĭown arrow - Move the selection or active shape down by one pixel. OR load MS Paint and insert one of the images you used in the Module Task. Right arrow - Move the selection or active shape right by one pixel. 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.

Layers in ms paint