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<revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-07" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<email its:translate="no">gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>April Gonzales</name>
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<email its:translate="no">loonycookie@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Natalia Ruz Leiva</name>
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<email its:translate="no">nruz@alumnos.inf.utfsm.cl </email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email its:translate="no">shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Andre Klapper</name>
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<email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Shobha Tyagi</name>
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<email its:translate="no">tyagishobha@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>Set an image, color, or gradient as your desktop background or lock
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screen background.</desc>
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<title>Change the desktop and lock screen backgrounds</title>
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<p>You can change the image used for your backgrounds or set it to a be a
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<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-terminology">Activities</gui> overview and
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start typing <gui>Background</gui>.</p>
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<p>Click on <gui>Background</gui> to open the panel.</p>
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<p>Select the <gui>Background</gui> or <gui>Lock Screen</gui>.</p>
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<p>There are three choices displayed on top:</p>
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<p>Select <gui>Wallpapers</gui> to use one of the many professional
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background images that ship with GNOME. Some wallpapers change
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throughout the day. These wallpapers have a small clock icon in the
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bottom-right corner.</p>
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<p>Select <gui>Pictures</gui> to use one of your own photos from your
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<file>Pictures</file> folder. Most photo management applications
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store photos there. If you would like to use an image that is not in
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your Pictures folder, either use <app>Files</app> by right-clicking
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on the image file and selecting <gui>Set as Wallpaper</gui>, or
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<app>Image Viewer</app> by opening the image file and selecting
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<guiseq><gui>Image</gui><gui>Set as Desktop Background</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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<p>Select <gui>Colors</gui> to just use a flat color.</p>
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<p>The settings are applied immediately.</p>
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<p><link xref="shell-workspaces-switch">Switch to an empty workspace</link>
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to view your entire desktop.</p>