2torial #0492:
Learn2 Change Your Monitor's Wallpaper (continued)

Choose a sample image

This is the fun part. You get to go "shopping" for an image (or several of them), but you never have to spend anything. If only all shopping could be like that!

Probably the simplest way (at least in the beginning) is to choose one of your computer's sample background images. That is, unless you really love that beautiful gray screen behind everything.

To get to the sample images in Windows, right-click anywhere on the desktop (except for the task bar), then select Properties from the pop-up menu. Choose the Background tab, then pick an image (by highlighting it) from the Wallpaper list. A mini-screen will display what the image will look like. When you find the one you like, just click OK.

The process is similar with Macintosh, except you go under the Apple menu to Control Panels, choose Appearance (or Desktop Pictures), click on the Desktop tab, choose an item from the Patterns list, and click Set Desktop.