| Standard shortcuts | |
| Shortcut | Action |
| CTRL-N | New image |
| CTRL-O | Open |
| CTRL-W | Close |
| CTRL-S | Save |
| CTRL-R | Save as |
| CTRL-Q | Quit |
| Undo | Undo (Cancel last operation) |
| CTRL-X | Cut |
| CTRL-C | Copy |
| CTRL-V | Paste |
| Delete | Delete |
| CTRL-A | Select all |
| Cursor keys | Moving in the image (faster if the Shift key is pressed). Shortcut usable under version 3.0c and above |
| Shortcuts specific to VISION | |
| CTRL-H | Invert |
| Esc | Full page |
| CTRL-I | Information on the image |
| CTRL-G | General configuration |
| CTRL-T | Text configuration |
| CTRL-L | Lines configuration |
| CTRL-M | Shapes configuration |
| CTRL-E | Eraser configuration |
| CTRL-F | Preferences |
| Espace | Quick access to move "by hand" |
| CTRL-L | Brightness correction |
| CTRL-U | Rotation |
| CTRL-B | Gamma correction |
| < | Quick access to the RGB-Temperature |
| TAB | Back to GEM 16 colours |
| (NP) 0 | Back to normal dimensions (1/1) |
| (NP) 1 | 2/1 |
| (NP) 2 | 4/1 |
| (NP) 3 | 8/1 |
| (NP) 4 | 16/1 |
| (NP) - | Back one level of zoom |
| (NP) + | One level further of zoom |
| (NP) * | Open a dialogue allowing to set the parameters and perform a screen copy |
| (NP) / | Perform a screen copy with the parameters set previously |