Windows 8 In Depth

Setting the Multi-Monitor Desktop Background

You’ll likely use the Desktop app on both monitors at least some of the time, so you might want to give some thought to setting the desktop background that each monitor uses. You actually have three choices here:

• Display the same image as the desktop background on both monitors. In this case, the same image is displayed twice, once on each monitor.

• Display a different desktop background image on each monitor.

• Display a single desktop background image spanned across both monitors. In this case, the same image is displayed once, with part of the image on one monitor and the rest on the second monitor.

Here are the steps to follow:

1. Right-click the desktop, and then click Personalize. The Personalization ...