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    <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>
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    <credit type="author">
      <name>Natalia Ruz Leiva</name>
      <email>nruz@alumnos.inf.utfsm.cl </email>
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    <credit type="author">
      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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    <credit type="author">
      <name>Andre Klapper</name>
      <email>ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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      <name>Michael Hill</name>
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      <name>Shobha Tyagi</name>
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    <desc>Set an image as your desktop background or lock screen background.</desc>
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  <title>Change the desktop and lock screen backgrounds</title>

  <p>To change the image used for your backgrounds:</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui>
      overview and start typing <gui>Background</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Background</gui> to open the panel. The current
      selections for Background and Lock Screen are shown at the top.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>There are two ways to change the image used for your backgrounds:</p>
      <list>
        <item>
          <p>Click one of the background images which are shipped with the
          system. You can choose <gui>Set Background</gui>, <gui>Set Lock
          Screen</gui>, or <gui>Set Background and Lock Screen</gui>.</p>
        <note style="info">
          <p>Some wallpapers change throughout the day. These wallpapers have a
          small clock icon in the bottom-right corner.</p>
        </note>
        </item>
        <item>
          <p>Click <gui>Add Picture...</gui> to use one of your own photos from
          your <file>Pictures</file> folder. Most photo management applications
          store photos there.</p>
        </item>
      </list>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>The settings are applied immediately.</p>
        <note style="tip">
          <p>If you would like to use an image that is not in your
          <file>Pictures</file> folder, right-click on the image file in
          <app>Files</app> and select <gui>Set as Wallpaper</gui>, or open the
          image file in <app>Image Viewer</app>, click the menu button in the
          titlebar and select <gui>Set as Wallpaper</gui>. This will affect only
          the desktop background.</p>
        </note>
    </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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