Background
The background is the picture, pattern, or color shown on your
desktop.  A lot of people use this as decoration on their
computer.  The
Background Properties
program configures your background settings.
Accessing the
Background Properties
can
be done two ways:
Right clicking on the background and left-clicking on
Change Desktop Background
.
Opening the
Gnome Control Center
and double-clicking
Background
.
The Background Properties Interface
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:
Wallpaper
Displays your wallpaper in its native form.  You should
choose this if your wallpaper is of the exact dimensions
of your screen resolution.
Centered
Places your image directly in the center of your screen.
Scaled
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.
Stretched
Streches your image to fill your screen, regardless of
aspect ratio.  This could distort your images.
No Picture
Doesn't use a graphic as the background, but uses colors
which are covered below.
Below the said buttons are options to configure the colors.
These only matter if you selected
No
Picture
or your image doesn't fill the whole
screen.
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
Color
.  If you pick
a gradient, you will have two options.  Select the colors you
wish to do and your options will be made automatically.
Setting Up a Background
To configure a backgrond, choose one of the following steps:
Drag and drop an image into the
Picture
Box
or click the button and select the image
through the
Gnome File Selector
.
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.
If your image doesn't cover the entire monitor, select
your color settings.  Otherwise, you can skip this step.
Click
Close
when through with your configuration.
