TechLife Australia – September 2019

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Personalise

Windows 10

GIVE WINDOWS 10 A WHOLE NEW LOOK

WITH THE HUGE R ANGE OF OFFICIAL

WINDOWS 10 THEMES.

[ MATT HANSON ]

JUST AS WITH previous versions of Windows, the

look of Windows 10 can be customised using

themes. These are collections of desktop wallpapers,

menu colours and sounds that overhaul the look

and feel of Windows. While Windows 10 comes

with a few themes pre-installed, you can also browse

and download from a huge variety of ready-made

themes that have been picked by Microsoft. These

are easy to download and apply to Windows 10,

enabling you to give your PC that personal touch.

Best of all, you can tweak these themes to better suit

your tastes, or create your own themes and save

them so that they can be easily applied in the future.

Windows 10 themes can also be removed or

swapped if you want to change the look in future.

Here, we’ll show you how to browse and install new

themes, and how to create your own.

01

VIEW CURRENT THEME

Right-click any free space on the Windows 10 desktop and select

Personalise. In the window that opens, select Themes from the

left-hand pane. You’ll see the current theme that Windows 10 is using. A picture at

the top shows you the background image and what the Start menu looks like. You’ll

also see the name of the image, the colours, mouse cursor and system sounds.

02

BROWSE AND APPLY INSTALLED THEMES

You’ll also see pre-installed themes that come with Windows 10 (or

ones that your PC manufacturer has created). These are listed under

the ‘Apply a theme’ section. Each theme has a name, and will show one of the

theme’s desktop wallpapers and beneath the image will be a colour, which is the

colour certain elements of Windows will change to. Click a theme to apply it.

[STEP BY STEP]

CHANGE THE LOOK OF WINDOWS 10 WITH THEMES

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MICROSOFT STORE

You can download themes

from the Microsoft Store.

Click on your choice to view

more details and install.

MOUSE CURSOR

You can change the look of

the mouse cursor here. You

can choose from ready

selected cursors, or create

your own.