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Chapter 10: Customizing Your Notebook
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Adjusting the screen and desktop
settings
Adjusting the color depth and screen area are two of the most basic display
settings you may need to change. You can also adjust settings such as the
screen background and screen saver.
Adjusting the color depth
Color depth is the number of colors your screen displays. Various image types
require various color depths for optimum appearance. For example, simple
color drawings may appear adequately in 256 colors while color photographs
need millions of colors to be displayed with optimum quality.
Windows lets you choose from several color depth settings. We recommend
that the 32-bit True Color setting be used at all times.
If the color in your images seems “false” or “jumpy,” especially after you have
played a game or run a video-intensive program, check the color depth setting
and return it to 32-bit True Color, if necessary.
To change the color depth:
1
In Windows XP, click
Start
, then click
Control Panel
. The Control Panel
window opens. If your Control Panel is in Category View, click
Appearance and Themes
.
- OR -
In Windows 2000, click
Start
,
Settings
, then click
Control Panel
. The
Control Panel window opens.
2
Click/Double-click the
Display
icon. The Display Properties dialog box
opens.