How to start:
Simply click on the desktop pattern that you like and that
fits your screen.
After the images in finished loading in the new window-
PC
Users: Let the image
you've chosen load completely on the screen. Right
click on the image and a menu will pop up. Choose "Set
as Wallpaper" or "Set Background" and
the image will be converted to bitmap format (.BMP)
and placed in your windows directory. The settings
for your desktop will automatically change to the
new image.
Mac Users: Please follow the detailed instructions at
the bottom of this page.
How To use these:
PC USERS: First determine your screen size. Select the size of your chosen image in the galleries that most closely matches your screen's size.
Let the image you've chosen load completely on the screen.
Right click on the image and a menu will pop up. Choose "Set as Wallpaper" or "Set
Background" and the image will be converted to bitmap format (.BMP) and
placed in your windows directory. The settings for your desktop will automatically
change to the new image, named "Internet Explorer Wallpaper," "Netscape
Wallpaper," or something similar. The newest versions of Internet Explorer
are storing this in another place, you might find it in this path:
" C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Internet Explorer
Wallpaper.bmp" In Win2000 and XP, this directory is in "Documents
and Settings" rather than "Windows."
To further adjust the settings, right click on the desktop, not on a window
or icon, and a menu will pop up. Selecting "properties" will bring
up your desktop settings (you can also access them from the control panel.) Under
the tab "Background" you can set your wallpaper to "Center," "Tile," or "Stretch" (if
you don't have windows 98, or the 'MS Plus' package for Windows 95, you won't
be able to stretch to fit.)
If your monitor is set to a different size than what is available in the galleries,
you will have to use "Stretch" or some other method of resizing the
image that most closely matched your screen. (sometimes, "Center" looks
just as nice.)
MAC USERS: First determine your screen size. Select the
size of your chosen image in the galleries that most closely
matches your screen's size.
On the Macintosh, (OS 8.5 at least) you can hold down the
mouse button on the image you have selected and a menu will
pop up. Select the option to "Download image to disk" and
save the image somewhere on your hard drive. Hold down control
and click the mouse on the Finder's background. Another menu
will pop up and you can select "Change desktop background" at
the bottom of that list (You could also select "Appearance" from
the Control Panels in the Apple menu.) Under the "desktop" tab,
click "Place picture..." If you already have
an image on the back ground, click "Remove picture" first. Go
to the location on your hard drive where you saved the image,
and hit "Choose".
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