Choosing A Wallpaper; Choosing A Screen Saver; Choosing A Desktop Theme; Creating A Shortcut On The Desktop - Gigabyte W552U User Manual

2 Operating Your Notebook

2.4.1 Choosing a Wallpaper

To make your notebook reflect your style, you can set background colors and patterns, the
wallpaper, on the desktop.
Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Pick a task > Change the desktop
background.
The Display Properties window offers a choice of wallpapers. Choose the name of the
wallpaper you want to display, or click (None) if you prefer not to use a wallpaper image.
You can also choose your own images by choosing Browse, and specifying images in a
directory.
The Position pull-down menu lets you either Tile your selected image, Center (places one
copy of the image in the center of the screen) or Stretch (enlarges it to fit the screen).
To accept the settings, click OK and close the Display Properties window.

2.4.2 Choosing a Screen Saver

Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Pick a task > Choose a screen saver.
Select a screen saver from the Screen saver pull-down menu, or click (None) if you prefer
not to activate a screen saver.
You can customize your screen saver by choosing Settings. To check your selections,
choose Preview.
To accept the settings, click OK and close the Display Properties window.

2.4.3 Choosing a Desktop Theme

Desktop themes change the appearance of your desktop and add sound effects:
Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Pick a task > Change the computer's
theme.
Select a theme from the Theme pull-down menu in the Display Properties Window, and
then click OK.

2.4.4 Creating a Shortcut on the Desktop

A shortcut is an icon that is placed on the desktop let you quickly access programs, files,
folders, and drivers. To create a shortcut:
Open My Computer or Windows Explorer, and highlight the file or program you want to
create a shortcut to.
Click and hold down the right Touch Pad button, drag the highlighted item to the Windows
desktop, and then release the right Touch Pad button to display a pop-up menu.
Click Create Shortcut(s) Here.
An icon appears on your desktop - double-click to activate the shortcut.
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