The Following is a list of frequently used hotkeys and shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop Elements. Note that the Toolbar Hotkeys are in alphabetical order by hotkey instead of in order of how the tools appear on the toolbar.
Toolbar Hotkeys
| Hotkey | Tool Name | Image |
| A | Selection Brush Tool |  |
| B | Brush Tools (Brush, Impressionist, and Color Replacement) |    |
| C | Crop Tool |  |
| D | Default Foreground and Background Colors | |
| E | Eraser Tools (Eraser, Background Eraser, and Magic Eraser) |   |
| G | Gradient Tool |  |
| H | Hand Tool |  |
| I | Eyedropper Tool |  |
| J | Healing Brush Tools (Healing and Spot Healing) |   |
| K | Paint Bucket Tool |  |
| L | Lasso Tools (Lasso, Magnetic, and Polygonal) |    |
| M | Marquee Tools (Rectangular and Elliptical) |   |
| N | Pencil |  |
| O | Sponge, Burn and Dodge Tools |    |
| Q | Cookie Cutter Tool |  |
| R | Blur, Sharpen, and Smudge Tools |    |
| S | Stamp Tools (Clone and Pattern) |   |
| T | Type Tools (Horizontal, Vertical, Horizontal Mask, and Vertical Mask) |   |
| U | Shape Tools (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Line, Custom Shape, and Shape Selection) |   |
| V | Move Tool |  |
| W | Magic Wand Tool |  |
| Y | Remove Red Eye Tool |  |
| Z | Zoom Tool |  |
File Menu Shortcuts
| Hotkey | Function |
| CRTL+N | New Blank Document |
| CRTL+O | Open |
| CRTL+W | Close |
| SHIFT+CRTL+W | Close All |
| CRTL+S | Save |
| SHIFT+CRTL+S | Save As |
| ALT+SHIFT+CRTL+S | Save for Web |
| SHIFT+CTRL+P | Page Setup |
| CRTL+P | |
| CRTL+Q | Exit |
Edit Menu Shortcuts
| CRTL+Z | Undo |
| CRTL+Y | Redo |
| CRTL+X | Cut |
| CRTL+C | Copy |
| SHIFT+CTRL+C | Copy Merged |
| CRTL+V | Paste |
| SHIFT+CRTL+V | Paste Into Selection |
| SHIFT+CTRL+K | Color Setting |
| CRTL+K | General Preferences |
Image Menu Shortcut
| CRTL+T | Free Transform |
Layer Menu Shortcuts
| SHIFT+CRTL+N | Create New Layer |
| CRTL+J | Layer via Cut |
| SHIFT+CRTL+J | Layer via Copy |
| CRTL+E | Merge Layers |
| SHIFT+CRTL+E | Merge Visible |
Select Menu Shortcuts
| CRTL+A | Select All |
| CRTL+D | Deselect |
| SHIFT+CRTL+D | Reselect |
| SHIFT+CRTL+I | Inverse |
| ALT+CRTL+D | Feather |
Filter Menu Shortcuts
| CRTL+F | Last Filter (Performs last used filter) |
| CRTL+I | Invert (Inverts images colors) |
View Menu Shortcuts
| CTRL+= | Zoom In |
| CRTL+- | Zoom Out |
| CRTL+0 | Fit on Screen |
| ALT+CRTL+0 | Actual Pixels |
| CRTL+H | Selection (Shows or hides a selections marching ants) |
| CRTL+R | Rulers |
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