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4 Tips and tricks for creating a great Windows 7 theme

In Windows 7, you can change the desktop background, window border color, sounds, and screen saver to create your own customized theme (to learn how, see Create a theme ). There are also lots of things you can do to make sure your themes look great on your desktop. Here are a few tips and tricks you can try.

  1. Use landscape orientation – as that will look bets on your screen, versus portrait style
  2. Fit pictures to your screen – so you see the picture how you want it
  3. Keep your pictures simple (and centered) – you don’t want too many distractions
  4. Create your own window border color – to make the theme just right if one of the standard colours doesn’t quite suit

Read more at Tips and tricks for creating a theme

Rob

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