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<sect1 id="config-background">
  <title>Background</title>
  <para>The background is the picture, pattern, or colour shown on your desktop. A lot of people use this as decoration on their computers. The <application>Background Properties</application> program configures your background settings.</para>
  <para>Accessing the <application>Background Properties</application> can be done two ways: <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>Right clicking on the background and left-clicking on <guibutton>Change Desktop Background</guibutton>.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Opening the <application>Mate Control Centre</application> and double-clicking <guibutton>Background</guibutton>.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist></para>
  <sect2 id="config-background-interface">
    <title>The Background Properties Interface</title>
    <para>The top of the window shows you a small version of the selected background. Below are boxes which let you select what mode your background uses: <variablelist>
	<varlistentry>
	  <term>Wallpaper</term>
	  <listitem>
	    <para>Displays your wallpaper in its native form. You should choose this if your wallpaper is of the exact dimensions of your screen resolution.</para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
	<varlistentry>
	  <term>Centred</term>
	  <listitem>
	    <para>Places your image directly in the centre of your screen.</para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
	<varlistentry>
	  <term>Scaled</term>
	  <listitem>
	    <para>Stretches your image, but keeps the aspect ratio. This will keep your image from looking funny because it has been stretched too much in one direction.</para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
	<varlistentry>
	  <term>Stretched</term>
	  <listitem>
	    <para>Stretches your image to fill your screen, regardless of aspect ratio. This could distort your images.</para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
	<varlistentry>
	  <term>No Picture</term>
	  <listitem>
	    <para>Doesn't use a graphic as the background, but uses colours which are covered below.</para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
      </variablelist></para>
    <para>Below the said buttons are options to configure the colours. These only matter if you selected <guibutton>No Picture</guibutton> or your image doesn't fill the whole screen.</para>
    <para>If your image doesn't take up the entire screen, you have the option of how to colour the outside of it. You can choose either a vertical gradient, a horizontal gradient, or standard solid colour. If you choose a solid colour, you select the colour on the right by clicking on <guibutton>Colour</guibutton>. If you pick a gradient, you will have two options. Select the colours you wish to do and your options will be made automatically.</para>
  </sect2>
  <sect2 id="config-background-settingup">
    <title>Setting Up a Background</title>
    <para>To configure a backgrond, choose one of the following steps: <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
	<listitem>
	  <para>Drag and drop an image into the <guibutton>Picture Box</guibutton> or click the button and select the image through the <application>Mate File Selector</application>.</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Select the mode which you wish to use. Changes are applied automatically, so you can change quickly if you aren't pleased with the results.</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>If your image doesn't cover the entire monitor, select your colour settings. Otherwise, you can skip this step.</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> when through with your configuration.</para>
	</listitem>
      </orderedlist></para>
  </sect2>
</sect1>
