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Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall. All rights reserved.From Skills for Success with Windows 7 Comprehensive
Personalize the Desktop and Start Menu | Microsoft Windows 7 Chapter 4 More Skills: SKILL 11 | Page 1 of 3
PersonalizationGallery web page
Themes(your selection
may be different)
� Additional Aero themes are available online. You can download and apply these themes topersonalize your desktop.
To complete this project, you will need the following file:� New blank WordPad document
You will save your file as:� Lastname_Firstname_w7_04_Cats
1. Right-click an empty area on the desktop, and then click Personalize. Under My Themes,click Get more themes online. Compare your screen with Figure 1.
The Personalization Gallery is a web page with links to additional Aero themes. Manyof these themes are created and submitted by other users of Windows 7. Because newthemes are added to this page constantly, your web page may have different themesthan the ones shown in the figure.
Windows 7CHAPTER 4
More Skills 11 Find Aero Themes Online
Figure 1
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3. In the File Download dialog box, click Open. If the Internet Explorer Security messagedisplays, click Allow.
Figure 2
File Downloaddialog box
2. Scroll through the list of available themes,and then under Cats Everywhere, click theDownload button. If the Cats Everywhere theme is not available, substitute another theme.Compare your screen with Figure 2.
Clicking the Open button in the File Download dialog box will download the theme’s files,apply the theme to your desktop, and add the theme to your Personalization window.
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Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall. All rights reserved.From Skills for Success with Windows 7 Comprehensive
Personalize the Desktop and Start Menu | Microsoft Windows 7 Chapter 4 More Skills: SKILL 11 | Page 3 of 3
Figure 3
4. Wait a few moments for the theme to display in the Personalization window underMy Themes, and then, on the right edge of the taskbar, click the Show desktop button .Compare your screen with Figure 3.
Cats Everywheretheme (your theme
may be different)
5. Create a Full-screen Snip. Copy the snip, and then Close the markup windowwithout saving the changes.
6. Start WordPad, and type your first and last name. Add a new line, and then typeWindows 7 Chapter 4 More Skills 11 Add a new line, and then insert the Date and time.Add a new line, and then Paste the snip.
7. Click Save , and then in the Save As dialog box, navigate to your Windows 7 Chapter 4folder. In the File name box, type Lastname_Firstname_w7_04_Cats and then click Save. Ifyou are printing this project, print the WordPad document.
8. Exit WordPad. On the taskbar, click the Personalization button . Under Aero Themes,click Windows 7. Under My Themes, right-click Cats Everywhere—or the theme that youinstalled—and then click Delete theme. In the message that displays, click Yes.
9. Close the Personalization window, and then Close Internet Explorer.
10. Submit the printout or WordPad file as directed by your instructor.
� You have completed More Skills 11
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