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title: "What happens if you press Ctrl + Shift + F8 in MS Paint?"  
description: "What happens if you press Ctrl + Shift + F8 in MS Paint?"  
author: "Aniruddh Singh"  
published: 2017-12-18  
updated: 2017-12-18  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31797/what-happens-if-you-press-ctrl-shift-f8-in-ms-paint  
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# What happens if you press Ctrl + Shift + F8 in MS Paint?

What [happens if](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83278/what-happens-if-the-sugar-level-is-high-during-pregnancy) you press Ctrl + Shift + F8 in [MS Paint](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96651/what-is-the-use-of-ms-paint)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hemant Patel

While we press Ctrl + Shift + F8 in MS paint, it activates the rectangular selection. The Rectangular Selection is a tool, which is designed to select rectangular regions of the active layer. The Rectangular Selection is the most basic of the selection tools, but very commonly used.![What happens if you press Ctrl + Shift + F8 in MS Paint?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/e4746052-5afc-44b3-a546-03317288db6e/images/b38763c9-2ec9-4138-a8d4-8a9ca7273313.png)\


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