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3.0 Customizing Your Desktop
You can easily add, delete, and create shortcut icons on your
desktop. You can also change icon properties and the desktop
background to suit your needs.
3.1 Adding Program Icons to Your Desktop
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Click .
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Browse to the desired program.
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Click and drag the icon to the desktop and position it as
desired.
To delete an icon from your desktop, simply click the program
icon and press the Delete key on your
keyboard.
3.2 Changing Icon Properties
After a shortcut icon is on the desktop, you can change the
icon, add an emblem
(a graphic image placed on the corner of the
icon), configure permissions, or add a note regarding the program.
This is done through the Properties dialog box. To access
Properties:
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Right-click the icon and select
.
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From the tabs at the top of the dialog box, customize the
icon as needed. Some options include:
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Click when you have completed your
changes.
3.3 Changing the Desktop Background
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Right-click the background.
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Select .
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To select wallpaper from the preprogrammed images, browse
to the desired image. After you select it, the background
changes automatically.
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To add an image, select ,
browse to the desired image, then click
.
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To display a colored background, select from the top of the list; then, from
Desktop Colors, select the fill pattern and the desired
colors.
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Click .
3.4 Using the GNOME Control Center
Apart from changing individual desktop elements, GNOME lets you
personalize your desktop to a very high degree. Find more settings
to adjust the overall appearance and behavior of your desktop in
the GNOME Control Center. There, you can also change fonts,
keyboard and mouse configurations, regional and language settings,
parameters for your Internet and network usage, and more.
Start the Control Center by clicking .
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