The other,
Align to Grid, is discussed next.
Control the space between desktop icons
As any green grocer will tell you, the most efficient way to stack oranges is
the face-centered cubic arrangement, wherein each piece of fruit is placed in
the cavity formed by three adjacent oranges in the lower plane. (For more
information, Google ???Kepler Conjecture.???) Sadly, Windows Vista doesn??™t
have this option, but if you??™re content with Windows??™ rectilinear arrangement,
you can fine-tune row and column spacing on the desktop.
Also in the aforementioned View menu is the Align to Grid option. Leave it
on, and your icons will always appear lined up in rows and columns; turn it
off to have complete flexibility when dragging your icons around the desktop.
To change the spacing, right-click an empty area of the desktop, select Personalize,
and then click Window Color and Appearance. Click the Open classic
appearance properties for more color options link, and then click Advanced.
(Or, if you??™re not using Vista??™s Aero interface, just click Advanced here.)
From the Item drop-down menu, choose Icon Spacing (Horizontal) and
adjust the spacing by changing the Size value to indicate the number of pixels
between the edges of adjacent icons.
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A good value is approximately 1.3 to 1.5 times the width of an icon. To find
the size of your desktop icons, right-click an empty area of the desktop and
select View.
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