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3 Operating Your Notebook (Vista)
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3.4.1 Choosing a Wallpaper
To make your notebook reflect your style, you can set background colors, patterns, and the
wallpaper on the desktop.
Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Change desktop background .
Choose the picture or color you want for your desktop background.
You can also choose your own images by choosing Browse, and specifying images in a
directory.
Under
How should the picture be positioned , choose a way for the position of your
selected image: Fit to screen (scales the image to fit the screen), Tile , or Center (places one
copy of the image in the center of the screen).
To accept the settings, click
OK to save your settings and close this window.
3.4.2 Choosing a Screen Saver
Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Change 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 Screen Saver Settings window.
3.4.3 Choosing a Desktop Theme
Desktop themes change the appearance of your desktop and add sound effects:
Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Change the theme .
Select a theme from the Theme pull-down menu in the Theme Settings Window, and then
click OK .
3.4.4 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
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 Shortcuts Here .
An icon appears on your desktop - double-click to activate the shortcut.