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Accessing Display Properties


Prerequisite


The display properties is desktop’s customization dialog box that means the desktop’s appearance can be change as we like In the display properties dialog box, we can change background, color or add a bitmap to our desktop; we can change the font used for our menus, title bars, and other elements; and we can choose different screen savers



We can customize almost every screen element in windows by using this dialog box

To get the dialog box there are many ways,

some of them are as follows

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Click the right mouse button on the desktop, and then select properties

Click start button on the taskbar, go to settings and select control panel and then double-click display icon

Click start button on the taskbar, go to settings and active desktop and click customize my desktop

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Screen Saver

A screen saver provides a constantly changing image on the screen to prevent screen burn, which occurs when an image appears in a fixed position on the screen for a period of time A screen saver automatically appears when we do not use computer for a period of time



Screen Saver Right-click on the blank area of the desktop Click Properties Click the Screen Saver tab Click the Screen Saver drop-down list to

display a list of available screen savers

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Screen Saver



Screen Saver

Click the Screen Saver drop-down list to display a list of available screen saver

Click the screen saver we want to use. For instance, click on Flying Windows

To change the properties of Screen Saver we selected, click on setting button

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Screen Saver



Screen Saver

Set the speed and density of the pattern of the screen saver and click ok

Click preview button to preview of how the screen saver will appear on the screen

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Screen Saver

To specify the number of minutes your computer must be inactive before the screen saver will appear, double-click on wait and type the number of minutes

Click ok to confirm our changes

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Changing screen colors

We can change the appearances of desktop color, color of active window, font of active window text etc

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Right-click a blank area on your desktop. A menu appear

Click properties. The “display properties” dialog box appears

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Click the appearance tab. The appearance tab shows how the screen currently looks

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Changing Screen Colors :




Click the Scheme drop-down list to display a list of

the available color schemes

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Changing Screen Colors




Click the color Scheme that is needed

Select any of the following options based on the requirements

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Click Ok to confirm changes

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Changing screen Resolution

Text and pictures on the display or form the printer are formed by dots

Resolution is a unit to determine the quality of displayed text and graphics. More dots per inch makes the dots

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More dots per inch makes the dots closer together so text and pictures are displayed in better quality

Resolution is measured in dot per inch

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We can change the screen resolution to adjust the amount of information that can fit on our screen. Displays are described in terms of their resolution

The number of dots on the screen and the number of colors that can be displayed at the same time

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Alternatively, the resolution is measured by the number of horizontal and vertical pixels displayed on the screen A pixel is the smallest point on a screen. The most common screen resolutions are 640*480 pixels and 800*600 pixels

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Lower screen resolutions display large images so we can see the information on our screen more clearly Higher screen resolutions display smaller images so we can display more information on our screen at a time

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Right-click with mouse on a blank area of the desktop, and point to Properties and click

Click the Settings tab

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To change the screen resolution, drag the slider to select the resolution you want to use

Click ok to confirm your change

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Changing Screen Resolution

A dialog box appears, starting that windows will take a few seconds to change the screen resolution

Your screen may fickler during this time

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Changing Screen Resolution

Click ok on dialog box to change the screen resolution

Click yes to keep the screen resolution

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Summary

In this lecture we have learned about




Set Up a Screen Saver


Frequently Asked Questions

1. How would you change the background of your desktop in windows 95/98

2. Define resolution

3. How would you change the appearance of desktop in windows

4. How would you set the screen saver in windows 95/98


1. ___________ provides a constantly changing image on the screen to prevent screen burn, which occurs when an image appears in a fixed position on the screen for a period of time

(a) screen saver (b) screen image (c) screen icon

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Quiz

2._________ is a unit to determine the quality of displayed or printed or printed text and graphics

(a) color (b) resolution (c) font


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3. What is called the area wherein we see icons, objects, documents and images?

(a) background

(b) playground

(c) underground

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