Unexpected obstacle with my Christmas plans
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
November 22, 2015 7:44am CST
Each year I usually decorate my computer desktop with a Christmas wallpaper and Christmas icons etcetera. While it was quiet earlier today I decided to select which to use for this year, but encountered a problem.
I have a very large collection of Christmas wallpapers, but the majority are 800 X 600 pixels. My new desktop monitor is wide screen and I am using a resolution of 1366 X 768, which is a total mismatch. They will operate as wallpapers at this resolution, but the resultant effect is far from good.
I am currently trying to adapt some in Photoshop, either by cropping them accordingly or overlaying them on the correct frame and filling in the blank space. I may have another search for appropriately sized images, otherwise I may have to resort to creating my own from scratch.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
23 Nov 15
Because of this post , i remember to also change my wallpaper to something appropriate to my laptop. I will try Zedge . What do you recommend as alternative though ?
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
23 Nov 15
There is no specific site that I visit for wallpapers. I have collected a large selection over the years, but from a complete spectrum of sites.
These have given me plenty of choice over the years, but now the majority are the wrong resolution.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
23 Nov 15
@allknowing That would leave a black strip down both sides, which is undesirable.
@Marilynda1225 (83074)
• United States
23 Nov 15
My wallpaper is still pumpkins and I'll be changing over to something Christmas this weekend. Last year I had a nice fireplace wallpaper and I could envision Santa filling my stocking which was hanging on the mantel.
@cacay1 (83577)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Nov 15
You still have many days to choose which one you will finally adapt to have a very merry feeling and thinking during Christmas.
@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
22 Nov 15
Your post reminded me that I hve to learn to print my shortstories to keep them, specially the unpublished ones. Technology changes and as programs and hardware become obsolete, we can no longer use or even find what we have. I wonder whether I will be able to recover someday some stories I wrote in Works.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
22 Nov 15
I have not encountered Microsoft Works for well over a decade, but any old files can still be opened. Assuming that you have Microsoft Word, you can download a converter from the Microsoft website which will allow you to open the document in Word. Once opened, you should be able to use "Save as" to save the article as a Word document.
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
23 Nov 15
I have wonderful photos to use as a screen saver from my own travels. It eggs me on to look for my next holiday! 
