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    <desc>Set an image, color, or gradient as your desktop background.</desc>
    
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      <name>Gnome-documentatieproject</name>
      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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    <credit type="author">
      <name>April Gonzales</name>
      <email>loonycookie@gmail.com</email>
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    <credit type="author">
      <name>Natalia Ruz Leiva</name>
      <email>nruz@alumnos.inf.utfsm.cl </email>
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    <credit type="author">
      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<title>Change the desktop background</title>

<p>You can change the image used for your desktop background, or set
it to a simple color or gradient.</p>

<steps>
  <item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
  <item><p>Open <gui>Background</gui>.</p></item>
  <item><p>Select an image or color. The settings are applied immediately.
  <link xref="shell-workspaces-switch">Switch to an empty workspace</link>
  to view your entire desktop.</p></item>
</steps>

<p>There are three choices in the drop-down list on the left.</p>

<list>
  <item><p>Select <gui>Wallpapers</gui> to use one of the many professional
  background images that ship with GNOME. Some wallpapers are partially
  transparent and allow a background color to show through. For these
  wallpapers, there will be a color selector button in the bottom-right
  corner.</p></item>
  <item><p>Select <gui>Pictures Folder</gui> to use one of your own photos
  from your Pictures folder. Most photo management applications
  store photos there.</p></item>
  <item><p>Select <gui>Colors &amp; Gradients</gui> to just
  use a flat color or a linear gradient. Color selector buttons will appear
  in the bottom-right corner.</p></item>
</list>

<p>You can also browse for any picture on your computer by clicking
the <gui>+</gui> button. Any picture you add this way will show up
under <gui>Pictures Folder</gui>. You can remove it from the list
by selecting it and clicking the <gui>-</gui> button. Removing a
picture from the list will not delete the original file.</p>

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