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><A
NAME="DESKTOP-INTRO"
>Desktop</A
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> 
      The Desktop section controls the most visible global settings for your GNOME
      environment.
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><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="GCCBACK"
>The Background Properties Capplet</A
></H2
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>	
	The properties for your background image can be set here
	by either selecting a color or an image. If you select a color you
	have the option of having Solid or Gradient colors. If you choose to
	have Gradient colors you may choose among Solid color, Vertical
	gradient colors, or Horizontal gradient colors and choose the second
	color for the gradient to end on.
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>	If you decide to have an image as wallpaper you may browse for the image
	you wish to use.  Once you have found your image you need to decide
	whether you would like to have the image tiled across the screen,
	centered, scaled up while keeping the same aspect, or simply scaled up to
	fit the screen. Once you have changed your background properties you may
	press the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Try</B
> button at the bottom of the Control
	Center to make the change.
      </P
><P
>	If you would like to set the background by any other means you may
	disable this capplet by unselecting <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Use Gnome to set
	background</B
></TT
> checkbox.
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><P
><IMG
SRC="./figs/bg-capplet.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figure 1. The Background Properties Capplet</B
></P
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><A
NAME="GCCPANEL"
>Global Panel Preferences</A
></H2
><P
>	This Capplet is provided by the GNOME Panel and is documented in the
	<A
HREF="globalpanelprefs.html"
>the section called <I
>Global Panel Preferences</I
> in the chapter called <I
>Panel</I
></A
>
      </P
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><A
NAME="GCCSCREEN"
>The Screensaver Capplet</A
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><P
>	  
	  In this capplet you can change your xscreensaver properties. This
	  capplet contains a list of available screen savers you may choose
	  and a demo screen. Below these two dialogs you will see a set of
	  tools that  allow you  to change the  settings for  the global
	  screen  saver properties.  If the  screen saver  you  choose has
	  particular  settings  you  can  change  those  by  pressing  the
	  <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Settings</B
>  button that  appears  below the
	  Screen Saver list.
	</P
><P
>	  <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Global Screen Saver settings</B
></TT
> - In this
	  section of the capplet you can change the time, password,
	  and power management properties. You can decide how long you
	  would like the screen saver to wait before starting by
	  typing the number of minutes in the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Start
	  After</B
></TT
> text box. If you would like a password to
	  return to your desktop click the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Require
	  Password</B
> button.  Your account login password is
	  the password set for the screen saver.
	</P
><P
>	  You are  also given the option  of using power  management -- if
	  your monitor  is capable  of it.  You may set  the time  to wait
	  before  the  monitor is  shut  off by  typing  the  time in  the
	  <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Shutdown monitor</B
></TT
> text box.
	  <DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><P
><IMG
SRC="./figs/screensave-capplet.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figure 2. The Screensaver Properties Capplet</B
></P
></DIV
>
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><A
NAME="GCCTHEME"
>Theme Selector</A
></H2
><P
>	  
	  The Appearances capplets contains the Theme Selector which allows
	  you to select which GTK theme you would like to run.
	</P
><P
>	  GTK themes are coordinated settings that allow the GTK widget set to
	  change its look and feel.  The widget set is the set of tools that provide
	  buttons, scrollbars, checkboxes, etc.  to applications.  GNOME compliant
	  applications use the GTK tool set so most of your GNOME applications will
	  change their look and feel if you change the GTK theme.
	</P
><P
>	  To  change your  GTK theme  select  a theme  from the  Available
	  Themes list on the left side  of the main workspace. If you have
	  Auto Preview  selected you  will be able  to see what  the theme
	  looks like  in the preview window  below. If you  like the theme
	  press the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Try</B
> button on the bottom of the
	  GNOME Control Center to install it.
	</P
><P
>	  There are a few GTK themes that come loaded with GNOME when you
	  install it.  If you would like more themes you can check resources on
	  the Internet like the <A
HREF="http://gtk.themes.org"
TARGET="_top"
>GTK Themes site</A
>.  Once you have found and
	  downloaded a theme you like, press the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Install new
	  theme</B
> button. This will launch a file browser that allows
	  you to find the theme you have just downloaded. The theme files should
	  be in a <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>tar.gz</B
> or <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>.tgz</B
>
	  format (otherwise known as a "tarball").  Once you have found the file
	  press the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>OK</B
> and gnome will install the theme
	  for you automatically. Now you can look in the Available Themes list
	  for the theme you have installed.
	</P
><P
>	  Once the theme has been unpacked into the
	  <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.themes</TT
> directory it will be listed in
	  the available themes window the next time you start the
	  GNOME Control Center.
	  <DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><P
><IMG
SRC="./figs/theme-select.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figure 3. The Theme Selector Capplet</B
></P
></DIV
>
	</P
><P
>	  If you would like to change the font used in the current theme you may do
	  so by selecting the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Use custom font</B
></TT
> checkbox and
	  selecting the font from the font button below it. This will bring up a
	  font selection dialog that allows you to specify the font, its style, and
	  size.
	</P
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><A
NAME="GCCWM"
>Window Manager Capplet</A
></H2
><P
>	  
	  Because GNOME is not dependent on any one window manager this capplet
	  allows you to select which window manager you wish to use. The Window
	  Manager capplet only shows GNOME-compliant window managers; if you
	  want to use other window managers, you have to tell Window Manager
	  capplet about them.
	</P
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><IMG
SRC="./figs/wm-main.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figure 4. Window Manager Capplet</B
></P
></DIV
><P
>	  The Window Manager capplet has a main list of the window
	  managers that you can currently select from. Whichever window
	  manager is active is notated by the word "Current".
     </P
><P
>	  If you wish to add a new window manager to the main list you may
	  press the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Add</B
> button. This will launch
	  the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Add New Window Manager</B
></TT
> dialog.
	</P
><DIV
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><P
><IMG
SRC="./figs/wm-add.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figure 5. Add New Window Manager</B
></P
></DIV
><P
>	  In the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Add New Window Manager</B
></TT
> dialog you may specify
	  the name you wish to give the window manager, the command to launch that
	  window manager, and the command to launch any configuration tool that
	  might be available for that window manager.
	</P
><P
>	  If you know that the window manager is fully GNOME compliant and
	  can be session managed you may select the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Window
	    manager is session managed</B
></TT
> button. If you are unsure
	  you should check the documentation of your window manager.
	</P
><P
>	  Press <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>OK</B
> when you are done.
	</P
><P
>	  Once you have finished adding your new window manager you will
	  see it appear in the main list of window managers. If you need
	  to change any of the properties you set in the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Add New
	    Window Manager</B
></TT
> dialog you may select the window
	  manager from the main list with your mouse and press the
	  <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Edit</B
> button. 
	</P
><P
>	  You may also delete any window manager in the main list by
	  selecting it with your mouse and pressing the
	  <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Delete</B
> button.
	</P
><P
>	  If you are ready to switch the current window manager you may select the
	  manager you wish to run from the main list and press the
	  <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Try</B
> button. If you would like to run the
	  configuration tool, make sure the manager you want to configure is
	  selected and press the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Run Configuration Tool for [window
	    manager name]</B
> button.
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