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-<sect1 id="config-background">
- <title>Background</title>
- <para>
- The background is the picture, pattern, or color shown on your
- desktop. A lot of people use this as decoration on their
- computer. The <application>Background Properties</application>
- program configures your background settings.
- </para>
- <para>
- Accessing the <application>Background Properties</application> can
- be done two ways:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Right clicking on the background and left-clicking on
- <guibutton>Change Desktop Background</guibutton>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Opening the <application>Gnome Control Center</application>
- and double-clicking <guibutton>Background</guibutton>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- <sect2 id="config-background-interface">
- <title>The Background Properties Interface</title>
- <para>
- The top of the window shows you a small version of the selected
- background. Below are boxes which let you select what mode your
- background uses:
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Wallpaper</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Displays your wallpaper in its native form. You should
- choose this if your wallpaper is of the exact dimensions
- of your screen resolution.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Centered</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Places your image directly in the center of your screen.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Scaled</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Stretches your image, but keeps the aspect ratio. This
- will keep your image from looking funny because it has
- been stretched too much in one direction.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Stretched</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Streches your image to fill your screen, regardless of
- aspect ratio. This could distort your images.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>No Picture</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Doesn't use a graphic as the background, but uses colors
- which are covered below.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- <para>
- Below the said buttons are options to configure the colors.
- These only matter if you selected <guibutton>No
- Picture</guibutton> or your image doesn't fill the whole
- screen.
- </para>
- <para>
- If your image doesn't take up the entire screen, you have the
- option of how to color the outside of it. You can either choose
- a vertical gradient, horizontal gradient, or a standard solid
- color. If you choose a solid color, you select the color at
- right by clicking on <guibutton>Color</guibutton>. If you pick
- a gradient, you will have two options. Select the colors you
- wish to do and your options will be made automatically.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="config-background-settingup">
- <title>Setting Up a Background</title>
- <para>
- To configure a backgrond, choose one of the following steps:
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Drag and drop an image into the <guibutton>Picture
- Box</guibutton> or click the button and select the image
- through the <application>Gnome File Selector</application>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Select the mode which you wish to use. Changes are
- applied automatically, so you can change quickly if you
- aren't pleased with the results.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- If your image doesn't cover the entire monitor, select
- your color settings. Otherwise, you can skip this step.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> when through with your configuration.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- </sect2>
-</sect1> \ No newline at end of file