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

    <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>
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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>Settings</gui>.</p></item>
  <item><p>Open <gui>Background</gui>.</p></item>
  <item><p>Click the image of your current wallpaper in the center.</p></item>
<item><p>There are three choices displayed on top:</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</gui> to use one of your own photos
  from your Pictures 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 and selecting
  <guiseq><gui>Image</gui><gui>Set as Desktop Background</gui></guiseq>.</p></item>
  <item><p>Select <gui>Colors</gui> to just
  use a flat color or a linear gradient.</p></item>
</list>
</item>
  <item><p>The settings are applied immediately.</p></item>
  <item><p><link xref="shell-workspaces-switch">Switch to an empty workspace</link>
  to view your entire desktop.</p></item>
</steps>

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