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title: Customize appearance
description: Learn how to customize the look of your Windows Forms applications by changing the border, opacity, shape, style, or setting a background image.
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
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  - "Windows Forms, changing the appearance of"
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# Changing the Appearance of Windows Forms
You can customize the look of your Windows Forms applications in many different ways, such as changing the border, opacity, shape, style, or setting a background image for your Windows Forms application.  
  
## In This Section  
 [How to: Change the Borders of Windows Forms](how-to-change-the-borders-of-windows-forms.md)  
 Shows how to change the border style of a form.  
  
## Reference  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.Form>  
 Describes this class and has links to all of its members.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle>  
 Describes this enumeration and contains descriptions of all of its members.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleRenderer>  
 Describes this class and has links to all of its members.  
  
 <xref:System.Drawing.Image>  
 Describes this class and has links to all of its members.  
  
 <xref:System.Drawing.Region>  
 Describes this class and has links to all of its members.  
  
 <xref:System.Drawing.Color>  
 Describes this class and has links to all of its members.  
  
## Related Sections  
 [Adjusting the Size and Scale of Windows Forms](adjusting-the-size-and-scale-of-windows-forms.md)  
 Contains links to topics that show how to change the size and scale of a form.  
  
 [Graphics and Drawing in Windows Forms](./advanced/graphics-and-drawing-in-windows-forms.md)  
 Contains links to topics that describe how to perform custom drawing on Windows Forms.  
  
 [Controls with Built-In Owner-Drawing Support](./controls/controls-with-built-in-owner-drawing-support.md)  
 List owner-draw support in Windows Forms controls.