How do I change desktop

I just installed Leopard. However my desktop looks the same as it was previously under Tiger (flat screen with icons on it, and the bar along the bottom). Evidently I made some wrong selection when I went through the installation. (1) What can I do to change my desktop so it looks like the one that appears in the Leopard Manual? (2) Is it possible, having done that,to revert to the desktop I now have if I decide I don't like the new one (and if so, how)?

RauldeB wrote:
…where there is a big window in the middle of the desktop where windows display like a book…
This would be the Finder's new Cover Flow. To get this, click on this toolbar button in any Finder window.
And then, you can browse your files with Cover Flow, in the way that you described.

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