Customize Your Desktop Backgrounds

Originally published October 2005

screen resolution	size
800 x 600	A
1024 x 768	A
1152 x 864	A
1280 x 768	B
1280 x 960	A
1280 x 1024	C
1600 x 1024	D
1600 x 1200	A

Decorate your computer with a background of Renaissance Art. This selection of 10 backgrounds is from Italian paintings and frescos of the 14th, 15th and 16th century. Instructions on how to set up the desktop image and how to make a screen saver are at the end of this article. The Mac versions have the picture arranged on the left instead of the right. The Mac versions have the blank area on the right instead of the left.

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To set your compter desktop background

• Find your computer screen resolution and picture size in the chart above.
• Click on the size in the caption under the picture you want to open the full-size image.
• It should look too large for your screen. If not, hover your cursor in the bottom right hand corner until an "expander"con appears.
• Click on icon to enlarge then follow the instructions below depending on your computer.

In Windows 2000 or XP

1. Right click on the full-size image to bring up the mouse-menu.
2. Click Set as background or, in Windows 98, Set as Wallpaper. It will immediately change your background to the chosen picture.
   
3. If the picture appears distorted, chose a different size and try it again.

Macintosh users

1. Click-hold to bring up mouse-menu.
2. Choose Save As and save to your hard drive.
3. Click Remove Picture and then click Select Picture
4. Browse and choose saved background art from hard drive
5. Click "Position Automatically"
6. If the picture appears distorted, chose a different size and try it again.

Make a slideshow screen saver

1. Right click (or hold click MAC) the full-size images and save a copy of each of the backgrounds to a new folder.
2. Name your folder something like "Backgrounds" and save in My Documents in the My Pictures folder.
3. Open Display in the Control Panel Folder.
4. Choose Screen Saver.
5. Choose the My Pictures Slideshow from the drop down menu.
6. Browse to the folder where you saved the background art and double click.
7. Click on the Settings button.
8. Choose your timing and transitions and then choose Apply.