Changing The Desktop Background - Gateway MX6452 User Manual

CHAPTER 11: Customizing Your notebook

Changing the desktop background

Help and
Support
For more information
about changing the
desktop background,
click Start, then click
Help and Support.
Type the keyword
changing desktop
background in the
Search box, then click
the arrow.
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To create a new color scheme as part of a
desktop theme:
Click Advanced. The Advanced Appearance
1
dialog box opens.
Click the arrow button to open the Item
2
list, then click the item you want to change.
Change the color or font settings for the
3
item.
Click OK, then click the Themes tab.
4
Click Save As, type a name for the new
5
theme, then click OK twice. The new colors
appear on your desktop.
You can change the Windows desktop
background picture. Windows provides several
backgrounds, or you can use pictures that you
have created or retrieved from other sources.
To change the desktop background:
Right-click any empty space on the
1
desktop, then click Properties. The Display
Properties dialog box opens.