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To see what the screen saver will look like in real life, where it covers most orall of the screen, click the Preview button and let go of the mouse. After watch- ing the screen saver, just move the mouse to return to the dialog box. Afteryou ve chosen a screen saver, you can click the Settings button to refine howthe screen saver behaves. The Wait option specifies how long the computer must sit idle (with no mouseor keyboard activity) before the screen saver kicks in. If you select the Onresume, display welcome screenoption, turning off the screen saver will takeyou to the Welcome screen described in Chapter 23, rather than to your desk- top. When the actual screen saver does kick in on your computer, simply mov- ing the mouse or pressing a key will turn the screen saver off and bring backyour regular screen. If the time delay for the Turn Off Monitor power option is less than thetime delay for the screen saver, you ll never see the screen saver. That sbecause the monitor will turn off before the screen saver can appear! The Power button on the Screen Saver tab provides a shortcut to the PowerOptions dialog box, used mainly to conserve batter power on laptop comput- ers running on batteries. The Turn Off Monitor option in that dialog box speci- fies the amount of idle time required before the monitor shuts itself off. If youwant your screen saver to play without the monitor going blank, set the TurnOff Monitor option to Never. Fine-Tuning Your Color SchemeAs mentioned earlier in this chapter, you can choose an overall color schemefor your screen using the Themes tab in Display Properties. You can furtherrefine the general appearance of program windows and buttons, colors, andthe size of text on the screen using options in the Appearance tab. When youmake a selection from the Windows and buttons, Color scheme, or Font Sizedrop-down list, the preview area on the Appearance tab will show you what toexpect if you apply the new setting. Clicking the Effects button on the Appearance tab takes you to the Effects dia- log box, where you can pick and choose special effects. If you use a notebookcomputer, or some other flat screen, and the text on your screen looks blocky, the Effects tab can help. Click the Effects button and choose the Use the follow- ing method to smooth edges of screen fontscheckbox. Then choose Clear Typeas the method. If, after reviewing the fonts on your screen, you don t like theresult, you can return to the Effects dialog box and try the Standard method ofsmoothing screen fonts. Clicking the Advanced button on the Appearance tab takes you to theAdvanced Appearance dialog box. There you can control colors and sizes ofindividual items such as icons, menus, and scroll bars. As you try out differentoptions in the Advanced Appearance dialog box, the preview will show howthe current selections will look on your actual desktop. Click OK in theAdvanced Appearance dialog box after making your selections. GotchaChapter
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