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HOW TO GET
THEM ON YOUR WINDOWS DESKTOP
To check your
current screen resolution:
Click
with the right mouse button anywere on
an EMPTY area of your desktop
In
the window that pops up, select
"Properties" option
In
the Display Properties window, select
"Settings"
Your
current screen resolution is shown
(e.g. 800x600 pixels)
To download the
picture you want:
Click
on the link that corresponds to your
monitor's screen resolution
The
picture will load in a new window. Wait
until it has fully loaded
Click
the RIGHT mouse button anywhere on the
picture
A
POP-UP MENU will give you the option to
"Save Picture As..." (Explorer) or
"Save This Image As ..." (Netscape)
Locate
(and remember!) the directory you want
to save the picture in
Click
"Save"
To set an image
as your "Wallpaper":
Go
to My Computer - Control Panel -
Display - Background.
Locate
the directory you saved the picture
into, and select the image
Click
"OK" or "Apply" for the settings to
take effect
NOTE: Easier than all
these methods, the latest versions of
Explorer allow you to "Set As
Wallpaper" when you Right Click on an
image
Ignore
our icons at your peril 
HOW TO GET THEM ON YOUR
MAC DESKTOP
To check your
current screen resolution:
To download a picture:
Simply click on the
link of the resolution of the picture
you want.
The picture will appear in a new
browser window.
Select "Save As..."
from the File menu, or CLICK and HOLD
on the picture itself and select "Save
this Image As..." (Netscape), or
"Download Image to Disk" (Explorer)
from the popup menu.
Make sure you know where you've saved
it to!
To set an image as your desktop
picture:
Open the APPEARANCE
Control Panel
Select the DESKTOP
tab
Either DRAG the
downloaded picture onto the Control
Panel, or Select: Place Picture, then
select it from the menu.
Set Desktop
"I downloaded the pictures but my Mac says
they are AOL Art files instead of jpeg
files. What do I do?"
The normal AOL
browser does some weird stuff to
images, including turning them into
unusable AOL Art files.
The best way to work around this
problem is to download either the
Netscape or the Explorer browser and
use one of these for all your surfing
needs. They do a better job than the
default AOL browser. Take advantage of
your AOL member privileges and call the
very competent AOL technical support
for help to do this.
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