You can choose wallpaper for your desktop. Wallpaper is placed over the background color; it can cover the entire background, or you can place it in the middle, with the background color showing around the edge of the wallpaper. You can choose pre-installed wallpaper or a wallpaper from another file source, such as a graphic file (.gif, .bmp for example) located on your computer or file system. You can set the wallpaper to appear in one of the following arrangement styles:
tiledthe wallpaper graphic covers the desktop in repeating rows
mirroredthe wallpaper graphic covers the desktop in repeating mirrored pairs
center tiledthe wallpaper graphic covers the desktop in mirrored pairs that repeat more frequently then the mirrored style setting
centeredthe wallpaper graphic appears centered on the desktop, with the background color visible around the perimeter of the desktop
center warpedthe wallpaper graphic appears centered on the desktop, with patterns of color spreading outward from the graphic
symmetrical tiledsimilar to tiled
symmetrical mirroredsimilar to mirrored
scaledthe wallpaper graphic is stretched to fit across the whole desktop
When you choose any of these styles, a preview of the wallpaper and style appears in a preview window in the Background window.
When you choose any of these styles, a preview of the wallpaper and style appears in a preview window in the Background window.
You can make the desktop cycle through a random sequence of wallpaper backgrounds at preset time intervals. You can edit the list of wallpaper backgrounds, and you can set the timer delay for the intervals. Corel LINUX also lets you set the order of the wallpaper sequence.
To choose pre-installed wallpaper
1. Click Application Starter, Control Center.
2. Double-click Desktop, and click Background.
3. Choose a wallpaper file from the Wallpaper list box.
To choose wallpaper from another file source
1. Follow steps 1 and 2 the steps from the previous procedure.
2. Click the Browse button under the Wallpaper list box.
3. Navigate to the graphic file located on your file system that you want to install as wallpaper.
4. Click OK.
To choose a wallpaper arrangement style
1. Follow steps 1 and 2 the steps from the "To choose pre-installed wallpaper" procedure.
2. Choose a style from the Arrangement list box.
To enable a random wallpaper sequence
1. Follow steps 1 and 2 from the previous procedure.
2. Enable the Random check box.
To add files to the random wallpaper sequence
1. Follow steps 1 and 2 from the "To choose wallpaper" procedure.
2. Click the Setup button.
3. Click the Add button.
4. Choose a wallpaper file to add to the random wallpaper sequence.
5. Click OK, then click OK again.
6. Enable the Random check box.
To set the timer delay in a random wallpaper sequence
1. Follow steps 1 and 2 from the "To enable a random wallpaper sequence" procedure.
2. Click the Setup button.
3. Type a number in the Timer Delay In Seconds box.
To cycle through the wallpaper sequence in a set order
1. Follow steps 1 and 2 the steps from the "To choose pre-installed wallpaper" procedure.
2. Choose a style from the Arrangement list box.
3. Enable the Random check box.
4. Click the Setup button.
5. Enable the In Order check box.
Note
You can choose wallpaper files from other sources by enabling the Pick Files From Directory check box, and then clicking the Browse button to open a file navigator.
Tip
You can set background colors by right-clicking the Display Settings button on the Panel, then clicking Display Settings or Background Settings.