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Chapter 4. Redesigning the

Desktop

Windows 10 looks a lot better than previous versions of Windows. The
system fonts, color schemes, taskbar design, typography—it’s all much
clearer, more graceful, and more modern than what’s come before.

Still, these changes aren’t for everybody. Fortunately, Windows 10 is every
bit as tweakable as previous versions of Windows. You can change the
picture on your desktop, or tell Windows to change it for you periodically.

You can bump up the text size for better reading by over-40 eyeballs. You
can create a series of virtual “external monitors”—perfect spaces in which

to spread out a bunch of apps, each on its own “screen.”

As Microsoft might say, “Where do you want to redesign today?”

Background, Colors, Themes, and Fonts

It’s fun to customize your PC (especially because it’s your opportunity to
replace, at last, that huge Dell or HP logo that came as your preinstalled

background). This is also yet another way to shut off some of Windows’
predefined cosmetics.

To see your design choices, right-click a blank spot on the desktop. From

the shortcut menu, choose Personalize. (Or the long way: → →
Personalization.)

The Personalization page of Settings opens (Figure 4-1). It offers seven tabs

of options, all dedicated to changing the look of your desktop world:
Background, Colors, Lock screen, Themes, Fonts, Start, and Taskbar. The
Start options govern your Start menu and are described in Chapter 1;

customizing the taskbar is covered in Chapter 2. The other tabs are
described right here.