Background (Wallpaper) Your Desktop

Introduction to
Windows 7
Appendix A:
Background (Wallpaper) Your Desktop
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Windows 7 Wallpaper
By Ed Vignone
Wallpaper is the background on the desktop (The desktop is the display on the screen after the computer has
turned on). Like decorative wallpaper it enhances the office environment.
The Windows 7 personalize window provides a number of default desktop background displays or you can
use your own photo background.
To select the Background:
Right click anywhere on the Desktop to bring up the context menu.
Click on Personalize
Click on the Desktop Background.
If the picture you want to use isn't in the list of desktop background pictures, click an item in the Picture
location list to see other categories.
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. When you find the picture that you want, click it. It will become your desktop Background.
If you would like to select different picture on the computer, click Browse from the “Windows
Desktop Backgrounds” dropdown menu shown above.
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Navigate to the pictures you would like as a background.
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When you find the picture that you want, then select the picture position; Fill, Fit, Stretch, Tile or Center.
If you would like the background to change, select all the pictures.
Select the time you would like the pictures to cycle and check to shuffle or not.
Click save changes and you have created your desktop background.
I have found that the best backgrounds are dark colors because the desktop icons stand out very well. Also
photos, which mean something to you, as hobbies, travel, children or pets, are good subjects.
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Another method to customize your Desktop background is as follows:
1. Select the photo you have stored in a file on your computer that you would like to use.
2. Display the photo in a thumbnail or in any other application.
3. Right-click the photo and then click Set as Desktop Background.
Happy Wallpapering!!!
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