It can be difficult
to grab images off the Web to use as wallpaper without the images appearing
distorted on your computer screen. Rather than trying to stretch pictures to fit
your computer's screen, an alternative is to "tile" your selected image. This
process saves the picture repeatedly in rows on your screen as a background. The
result may be cluttered but probably preferable to the distorted alternative.
To tile an image as your screen's wallpaper when using a PC and
Internet Explorer as your browser, simply right-click on the chosen picture
and select "Set As Background."
If you are on a PC and using the new
Firefox browser, right-click on the image and choose "Set As Wallpaper."
When the "Set Wallpaper" dialog box appears, look for the "Position" menu. It
will list "Stretch," "Tile," or "Center" as options. Choose "Tile" from the
list. Click on the "Set Wallpaper" button. The background of your computer
screen will change to multiple rows of the picture you selected.
If
you get tired of using this image, right-click on your PC's desktop and
choose "Properties." With the "Desktop" tab selected, choose the wallpaper you
want from the list that appears. Click "Apply" and then click "OK." (This works
whether using Internet Explorer or Firefox as your browser.)
If you are
using a Macintosh running OS X, right-click your cursor arrow on the
image (if you have a two button mouse) or click on the image while holding down
the "ctrl" key (if you have a single button mouse) and select "Download Image To
Disk." Next, go to the Apple menu then drop down to and select "System
Preferences..." Click on the Desktop & Screensaver icon and click on "Choose
Folder" in the left hand pane of the window. Click on "Desktop." The picture you
downloaded to disk should be there. Click on it to select it and then click on
"Choose." Next to the preview picture you'll see a button that says "Fill
Screen." Click on it and four choices will appear: "Fill Screen," "Stretch to
fill screen," "Center," and "Tile." Choose "Tile" and then close the window.
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