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6.
Click the OK button.
The Display Properties dialog box closes. The Windows desktop is displayed at a screen resolution of
1024 by 768 pixels (Figure C-6). Your screen may flicker while the resolution change takes place.
Close
button
screen resolution
changed to 1024
by 768 pixels
FIGURE C-6
7.
Click the Close button on the Appearance and Themes window title bar.
The new screen resolution is set.
Compare Figure C-6 with Figure C-3 on page C.03 to see the difference in the display when screen
resolution is set to 800 by 600 pixels or 1024 by 768 pixels. As shown in these figures, using a higher
resolution allows more items, such as windows, text, and icons, to fit on the screen, but the items dis-
play at a smaller size. In Figure C-6, the Appearances and Themes window does not fill the entire
screen.
You can experiment with various screen resolutions. Depending on your monitor and the video
adapter installed in your computer, the screen resolutions available on your computer will vary.
When designing a user interface in Java, remember to take into consideration the screen resolu-
tions available to the majority of users of the application. A good rule of thumb is to test your
application in all of the screen resolutions in which users are likely to use the application.
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