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  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="prefs-display"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.8.0" version="0.3" date="2013-03-09" status="candidate"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-07" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="candidate"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>

      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>April Gonzales</name>

      <email>loonycookie@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Natalia Ruz Leiva</name>

      <email>nruz@alumnos.inf.utfsm.cl </email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Shaun McCance</name>

      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Andre Klapper</name>

      <email>ak-47@gmx.net</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Shobha Tyagi</name>

      <email>tyagishobha@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>

      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

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    <desc>Set an image, color, or gradient as your desktop background or lock

    screen background.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Change the desktop and lock screen backgrounds</title>

  
You can change the image used for your backgrounds or set it to be a

  solid color.

  <steps>

    <item>

      
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and

      start typing <gui>Background</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click on <gui>Background</gui> to open the panel.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Select the <gui>Background</gui> or <gui>Lock Screen</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
There are three choices displayed on top:

      <list>

        <item>

          
Select <gui>Wallpapers</gui> to use one of the many professional

          background images that ship with GNOME. Some wallpapers change

          throughout the day. These wallpapers have a small clock icon in the

          bottom-right corner.

        </item>

        <item>

          
Select <gui>Pictures</gui> to use one of your own photos from your

          <file>Pictures</file> folder. Most photo management applications

          store photos there. If you would like to use an image that is not in

          your Pictures folder, either use <app>Files</app> by right-clicking

          on the image file and selecting <gui>Set as Wallpaper</gui>, or

          <app>Image Viewer</app> by opening the image file, clicking the

          menu button in the titlebar and selecting <gui>Set as

          Wallpaper</gui>.

        </item>

        <item>

          
Select <gui>Colors</gui> to just use a flat color.

        </item>

      </list>

    </item>

    <item>

      
The settings are applied immediately.

    </item>

    <item>

      
<link xref="shell-workspaces-switch">Switch to an empty

      workspace</link> to view your entire desktop.

    </item>

  </steps>

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