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authorPhil Bull <philbull@gmail.com>2010-08-03 18:45:11 +0100
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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="topic"
+ id="cursor-style-style">
+<info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="mouse#style"/>
+ <link type="seealso" xref="cursor-style-themeerror"/>
+
+ <desc>
+ Change how the mouse pointer looks
+ </desc>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-22" status="draft"/>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Phil Bull</name>
+ <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
+ </credit>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2009</year>
+ <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
+ </copyright>
+ <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
+ <!-- <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> -->
+</info>
+
+<title>Change the color and style of the pointer</title>
+
+<steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click
+ <guiseq><gui>System</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Appearance</gui></guiseq>
+ and select the <gui>Theme</gui> tab.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click <gui>Customize</gui> and click the <gui>Pointer</gui> tab.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select a different style or color for the pointer from the list. The
+ changes will be made immediately.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+</steps>
+
+<p>
+You cannot change the style and the color of the pointer separately. Each
+style has a fixed color. Some styles are provided in multiple colors.
+</p>
+
+<section>
+<title>Install a new pointer theme</title>
+<p>
+If you don't see a pointer style or color that you like, you can download
+and install a different pointer theme from the web.
+</p>
+
+<steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Visit <link href="http://www.gnome-look.org/">GNOME-Look.org</link> and
+ click the <gui>X11 Mouse Themes</gui> link.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Select a theme that you like and click on its <gui>Download</gui> link.
+ Save the file on your computer.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click <guiseq><gui>System</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Appearance</gui></guiseq>
+ and select the <gui>Theme</gui> tab.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click <gui>Install</gui>, navigate to the theme file, select it, and
+ click <gui>Open</gui>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ You will be told that the theme has been installed. Click
+ <gui>Apply New Theme</gui>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The pointer will change to the new style, and the theme will be added
+ to the <gui>Pointer</gui> tab.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+</steps>
+
+<note style="tip">
+ <p>
+ You can quickly install a theme file that you downloaded by dragging it
+ into the <gui>Theme</gui> tab of the Appearances preferences window.
+ </p>
+</note>
+
+</section>
+
+</page>