Windows 7 – The Pocket Guide

Windows

The Pocket Guide

Chapter 8 Excerpt

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8 Wallpapers, Themes, and Screensavers

One of the easiest ways to add a personal touch to your com puter is to change your wallpaper or screensaver. If this concept is new to you, then this chapter is for you. If you are already fam iliar with changing your wallpaper and screensaver, you can skip these sections, and ex plore the rest of this chapter.

In this chapter, you will learn how to change your wallpaper and m ake it m ore functional. You'll also learn how to change your screensaver, and, I'll point you toward som e good screensavers you can use on your com puter. Finally, you'll learn how to save your settings as a them e so you can reuse your custom ization settings anytim e.

5 8 Wallpapers, Them es, and Screensavers

8 .1 Change Your Desktop Wallpaper

This section will teach you how to change your wallpaper. If you are already fam iliar with this, please move on to the rest of this chapter to find out what else you can do with your wallpaper and screensavers. To change your desktop wallpaper, download one, and:

1. Right click the desktop and click Personalize.

2. Click Desktop Background.

3. Choose the wallpaper picture or color you want, and specify its location. (Note: you can choose m ultiple wallpapers and shuffle them at tim e i n t er val s.)

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