Changing Player Appearance with Skins
You can change Media Player's appearance by applying design schemes called skins. Each skin offers the essential controlsPlay/Pause, Stop, Previous Track, Next Track, and Volume, and the usual Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttonsbut skin appearance and features vary. Some skins link to visualizations or include playlists and audio controls; play around to see which skin has what.To apply a skin:
1. Choose View > Skin Chooser.2. Select a skin from the list (Figure 10.12 ).
Figure 10.12. A preview of the skin appears in the right pane. Some skins are a triumph of form over function; it may take some hunting to find the Play button and other controls.
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When you apply a skin, the player's user interface is in skin mode (Figure 10.13 , for example). You can return easily to full mode the default state in which all features are displayed.
Figure 10.13. Media Player in skin mode. You can change skins as often as you like, but you must be in full mode to do so.

TipsIn Skin Chooser, click More Skins on the toolbar (or press Alt+S) to download skins from Microsoft's web site.To delete a skin from the skins list, select it; then press Delete or click the red X in the toolbar.To make the player float over all other windows, choose Tools > Options > Player tab; then check Keep the Player on Top of Other Windows.Right-click a skin to display its shortcut menu.