Desktop - how to display a pic less than screen size?

Want to display a picture on Desktop but want it to have a decent size
border around it. How do I do that?
I've used control Panel/Display/Desktop/chosen a pic and used Position
Centre...sometimes the pic appears exactly as required other times it takes
up the full screen. How do I control the size of the pic to be displayed on
the screen?
Thanks.

peejaa wrote:
Want to display a picture on Desktop but want it to have a decent
size border around it. How do I do that?
I've used control Panel/Display/Desktop/chosen a pic and used
Position Centre...sometimes the pic appears exactly as required
other times it takes up the full screen. How do I control the size
of the pic to be displayed on the screen?

Resize it before attempting to use it that way in your favorite picture
editing application.

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"peejaa" wrote in message
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Want to display a picture on Desktop but want it to have a decent size
border around it. How do I do that?
I've used control Panel/Display/Desktop/chosen a pic and used Position
Centre...sometimes the pic appears exactly as required other times it
takes up the full screen. How do I control the size of the pic to be
displayed on the screen?
Thanks.


As Shenan stated, resize your image to the proper size.

To see what your desktop dimensions are, right click a blank area on your XP
desktop. Left click Properties then the Settings tab. The size of the
desktop is listed under the scroll bar on the left bottom area of the window
that opens.

Using an image editing program (lots of people use the free IrfanView at
http://www.irfanview.com/) resize the picture you want at 92 DPI with an
image in pixel width and height less than you see in the settings tab using
the same aspect ratio as the original image. So if your original image is
2000 X 1700 pixels you need to shrink it to 1000 X 850 to maintain the same
aspect ratio. Otherwise the image will be skewed out of shape. Always save
your image as a new file, do not overwrite the original file as you may not
like the new size and want to change it later. That way you can always go
back to the original image instead of a smaller image that would lose
quality.

"LVTravel" wrote in message
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"peejaa" wrote in message
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Want to display a picture on Desktop but want it to have a decent size
border around it. How do I do that?
I've used control Panel/Display/Desktop/chosen a pic and used Position
Centre...sometimes the pic appears exactly as required other times it
takes up the full screen. How do I control the size of the pic to be
displayed on the screen?
Thanks.


As Shenan stated, resize your image to the proper size.

To see what your desktop dimensions are, right click a blank area on your
XP desktop. Left click Properties then the Settings tab. The size of the
desktop is listed under the scroll bar on the left bottom area of the
window that opens.

Using an image editing program (lots of people use the free IrfanView at
http://www.irfanview.com/) resize the picture you want at 92 DPI with an
image in pixel width and height less than you see in the settings tab
using the same aspect ratio as the original image. So if your original
image is 2000 X 1700 pixels you need to shrink it to 1000 X 850 to
maintain the same aspect ratio. Otherwise the image will be skewed out of
shape. Always save your image as a new file, do not overwrite the
original file as you may not like the new size and want to change it
later. That way you can always go back to the original image instead of a
smaller image that would lose quality.
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Thanks both - most useful.