Windows 7 allows you to customize its look and feel. If more than one person is using the computer, or if you have more than one account, you can set each account to use a different theme. When you apply a new theme, a number of features may be modified on your desktop. Windows 7 comes with a couple of themes already available: the Windows 7 themes. You can select a theme using the following steps:
1. Select Control Panel from the Start menu.
2. Select Appearance and Themes from the categories listed in the Control Panel. The Appearances and Themes window appears.
3. Select the Change the Computer’s Theme task. The Display Properties dialog window appears.
4. Select a value from the Theme: drop-down list. There are a number of different values you can select:
5. Click the Apply button. You are presented with a “Please wait” message while the new theme is applied. This message may be displayed for a few seconds to a minute depending on the complexity of the theme being applied. Once this message disappears, your new theme is used.
6. Click the OK button to close the Display Properties dialog window.
If you’d like everything to be smaller so you can get more on your screens, or if you would like everything on your screen to be larger so it is easier to read, you can change the resolution that is used to display Windows 7. In basic terms, the resolution is the number of dots of color that can be displayed vertically and horizontally on your screen. The more dots you display, the smaller things will generally be; however, the more things you can display. In addition to the resolution, you may want to change the color depth. The color depth is the number of colors that are supported. The more colors your monitor can display, the more realistic the images displayed can look.
1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
2. Select Appearance and Theme.
3. Select Change the Screen Resolution. The Settings tab in the Display Properties dialog window appears.
4. Click on and drag the slider control in the Screen Resolution area. Alternatively, you can click on the area between Less and More. As you move the slider toward Less, you will see a lower screen resolution. As you move it toward More, you increase the resolution. The resolutions you can see depend on your computer. Select the resolution you want. As you change the resolution, you will see that the sample screen changes as well. As you can see, the sample dialog is much smaller on screen with higher resolution.
5. Select the drop-down list in the Color Quality area. This lists the different color resolutions you have available. You should see a list.
6. Click the Apply button to try the settings. Your screen may go black for a few seconds before the new resolution is applied. If you have never used the resolution before, a message, asking if you’d like to keep the settings, appears.
7. Click OK on the message to keep the settings. Click No or just wait a few seconds to return to the previous settings.
8. Click OK in the Display Properties dialog window to close it.
The most noticeable way to customize Windows 7 is to change the background image on your desktop. You can use nearly any picture you like. You can use one of the many pictures that comes with Windows 7, you can download an image from the Internet, you can create a picture of your own, you can pull a picture from a digital camera, or you can load in a picture from somewhere else. You can even use a picture of your family members or of your pet. If you prefer a clean desktop, you can turn off the background image altogether and display a simple solid color.
1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
2. Select Appearance and Theme.
3. Select Change the Desktop Background. The Desktop tab in the Display Properties dialog window appears.
4. Select the background image from the Background: scroll box. If you click on a background name in the scroll window, the small screen presents a sample of what the image will look like.
5. Click the Browse button if you prefer to use an image of your own. This takes you to a Browse window that allows you to search your computer for pictures. When you have found an image you want to use, click on the image name and then on the Open button. This returns you to the Display Property dialog window with your image displayed.
6. Once you have decided on an image to display on your background, you may then select a position. You have three options for positions: Center, Tile, or Stretch. The window dialog will illustrate each of these options using the Zapotec background image that comes with Windows 7. As you can see, the Center option centers the graphic, the Tile option repeats the graphic in order to fill the screen, and the Stretch option stretches the graphic to fill the screen.
7. Click the Apply button to place the image on your background.
8. Click OK to close the Display Properties dialog window.
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