User Guide

Chapter 4: View mode
To set an image as your desktop wallpaper:
1. Click Previous or Next until the image that you want to make your desktop wallpaper displays in Quick View.
2. Click Tools | Set Wallpaper and select one of the following:
Centered: Displays the image in the center of the desktop.
Tiled: Displays the image in one or more tiles until the desktop is covered. If the image is small it may appear in several
tiles on the desktop. If the image is large it may appear in only one or two tiles.
Stretched: Stretches the image proportionally to fill as much of the desktop as possible.
To restore your system to the default desktop wallpaper:
Click Tools | Set Wallpaper | Restore.
Viewing images in another application
You can open a file in another program from within ACDSee 12. For example, you can open documents in the application used to
create them.
To use the shell open and edit commands:
1. In Manage mode, click File | Shell.
2. Select one of the following options:
Open: Opens the file using the application that Windows associates with its file extension.
Edit: Opens the file using the default system application, or opens a dialog box where you can select an application.
Setting an image as the desktop wallpaper
You can select any image and set it as the Windows desktop wallpaper. You can also automatically stretch a wallpapered image to fill
the screen, or restore your previous wallpaper.
To set an image as the desktop wallpaper:
1. Do one of the following:
In Manage mode, select an image, and then click Tools | Set Wallpaper.
In View mode, click Tools | Set Wallpaper.
2. Select one of the following:
Centered: Places the image in the center of the screen. If the image is larger than the screen, it is shrunk to fit.
Tiled: Places the image in a tiled pattern that fills the entire desktop.
Stretched: Stretches the image to fit the screen.
The selected image is saved as ACD Wallpaper.bmp in the Windows folder. ACDSee 12 automatically changes the wallpaper settings
in the Control Panel Display properties to display the image.
To automatically stretch wallpapered images to fit the screen:
1. Click Tools | Options.
2. In the Options dialog box, click General.
3. On the General page, select the Automatically stretch wallpaper to fit screen check box.
4. Click OK.
To display the previous wallpaper:
Click Tools | Set Wallpaper | Restore.
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