Acorn 7 keyboard shortcuts ‒ DefKey

0	V	Move
0	Z	Zoom
0	C	Crop
0	H	Pan
0	M	Rectangular select
0	↑ Shift + M	Elliptical select
0	↑ Shift + M	Free select
0	↑ Shift + M	Polygonal select
0	W	Magic wand select
0	E	Instant alpha
0	B	Paint
0	N	Pencil
0	K	Flood fill/paint bucket
0	E	Eraser
0	P	Bézier pen
0	A	Bézier anchor select
0	↑ Shift + C	Reset bézier control points
0	;	Line shape
0	R	Rectangle shape
0	O	Oval shape
0	G	Gradient
0	T	Text
0	D	Reset colors
0	X	Swap colors
0	↑ Shift +	Paint straight lines
0	↑ Shift + F	Toggle fill for a shape
0	↑ Shift + B	Toggle stroke for a shape
0	F	Full screen toggle
0	Tab	Show/hide palettes
0	M	Rectangular
0	↑ Shift + M	Elliptical
0	↑ Shift + M	Free select
0	↑ Shift + M	Polygonal
0	W	Magic wand
0	Q	Quick mask mode
0		(on a layer thumbnail image) Selection from layer
0	← ↑ → ← ↓ →	Move selection
0	Q	Quick mask mode
0	M	Rectangular selection tool (marque)
0	S	Selection
0	L	Toggle free select (lasso) and polygonal selection
0	Esc	Cancel operation
0	Del	Delete layer contents
0	↑ Shift + F	Toggle fill for selected shape
0	↑ Shift + B	Toggle stroke for selected shape
0	T	Text tool
0	V	Move tool
0	Space	Toggle Web Export Preview
0	⌘ Cmd + B	Bold
0	⌘ Cmd + Y	Draw shape vectors/view shape outlines
0	⌘ Cmd + F	Last filter
0	⌘ Cmd + R	Show ruler
0	⌘ Cmd + Z	Undo last action
0	⌘ Cmd + C	Copy
0	⌘ Cmd + X	Cut
0	⌘ Cmd + V	Paste
0	⌘ Cmd + A	Select all
0	⌘ Cmd + D	Clear selection
0	⌘ Cmd + N	Create new file
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0	⌘ Cmd + 1	100% zoom
0	⌘ Cmd + 2	200% zoom
0	⌘ Cmd + 3	400% zoom
0	⌘ Cmd + 4	800% & 3500% toggle
0	⌘ Cmd + 5	50% & 25% toggle
0	⌘ Cmd + W	Close image
0	⌘ Cmd + S	Save image
0	⌘ Cmd + M	Minimize window
0	⌘ Cmd + H	Hide Acorn
0	⌘ Cmd + Q	Quit Acorn
0	⌘ Cmd + N	New layer
0	⌘ Cmd + G	New group layer
0	⌘ Cmd + E	Merge down
0	⌘ Cmd + T	Scale and rotate
0	⌥ Opt +	(click layer visibility icon) Hide other layers
0	Control + C	Pick color
0	or Control + C
0	↑ Shift + O	Clone
0	↑ Shift + O	Smudge
0	↑ Shift + O	Dodge
0	↑ Shift + O	Burn
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + T	Perspective transform
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + E	Merge visible
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + D	Duplicate layer
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + G	Ungroup layer
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + S	Save image as
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + C	Colors palette
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + F	Filters Palette
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + V	Paste into
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + Z	Redo last action
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + M	Curves
0	↑ Shift + Del	Fill panel
0	⌘ Cmd + ↑	Bring forward
0	⌘ Cmd + ↓	Send backward
0	⌘ Cmd + '	Toggle grid
0	⌘ Cmd + L	Levels
0	⌥ Opt + Del	Fill with front color well
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + C	Resize canvas
0	⌘ Cmd + ]	Rotate canvas 90 clockwise
0	⌘ Cmd + [	Rotate " " counterclockwise
0	⌘ Cmd + ;	Check spelling
0	⌘ Cmd + U	Underline
0	Space + +	Reposition origin while drawing
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + W	Close all images
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + S	Export image
0	⌘ Cmd + P	Print
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + H	Hide others
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + M	Minimize all windows
0	⌘ Cmd + 0	Fit image in window
0	⌥ Opt +	Zoom in/out
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + N	New from clipboard
0	⌘ Cmd + O	Open existing file
0	⌘ Cmd + J	New layer with selection
0	⌥ Opt + ]	Select next layer
0	⌥ Opt + [	Select previous layer
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + ]	Bring to front
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + J	New layer with cut selection
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + K	Color profile
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + O	Open folder
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + P	Page setup
0	⌘ Cmd + `	Cycle through windows
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + [	Send to back
0	↑ Shift + +	(drag) Add to selection
0	⌥ Opt + ↑ Shift	(drag) Subtract from selection
0	↑ Shift + +	(after starting selection) Constrain to circle/square
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + I	Inverse selection
0	⌘ Cmd + <	Smaller
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + L	Auto-levels
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + ↑	Bring to front
0	⌘ Cmd + I	Italic
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + K	Crop
0	Control + ⌘ Cmd + T	Trim to Edges
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + ←	Tighten kerning
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + →	Loosen kerning
0	⌘ Cmd + :	Spelling
0	Control + ⌘ Cmd + Space	Emoji & symboles
0	Control + ⌘ Cmd + H	Hide selection
0	⌥ Opt + +	(after starting selection) Grow selection from middle
0	⌥ Opt + ← ↑ → ← ↓ →	Grow selection by 1 pixel
0	⌘ Cmd + ,	Open preferences
0	⌘ Cmd + +	Zoom in
0	⌘ Cmd + -	Zoom out
0	⌘ Cmd + /	Zoom window
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + ]	Bring forward
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + [	Send backward
0	⌥ Opt + ⌘ Cmd + L	Lock layer
0	1 - 9	Cycle transparency
0	⌥ Opt + ↑ Shift + ← ↑ → ← ↓ →	Grow selection by 10 pixels
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + 6	Make new image from screenshot
0	⌘ Cmd + \|	Center text
0	⌘ Cmd + >	Bigger

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