Inserting
a watermark in a Word 2000 Document
The Word Help on this topic is a
little confusing. A watermark is a picture inserted in the header, then
formatted so that it appears as a faint background image behind the text in the
document. To insert a watermark:
- Go to the Zoom box on the
standard toolbar or the Zoom item on the View menu and reduce the view to
50% (this just makes things easier to see). OPTIONAL: If you only want the
watermark on the first page, choose Page Setup from the File menu, then
click on the Layout tab. Under Headers and Footers, check the Different
first page checkbox.
2. Choose Headers and Footers
from the View menu.
3. Insert the graphic for your
watermark.
4. The Picture toolbar should
appear on your screen. If you don't see it, click once on the picture you
just inserted. Your graphic must remain selected for the remaining
steps.
5. On the Picture toolbar,
click on the Image Control button, then select Watermark (this will make the
graphic look washed out).
OPTIONAL: You can convert the
graphic to grayscale by selecting Grayscale on the Image Control menu. If you
want to adjust the contrast or brightness, there are buttons on the Picture
toolbar. If want to apply both the Watermark and the Grayscale attribute, you
have to click OK to apply the first one, then go back into
6. CRUCIAL STEP: On the Picture
toolbar, click on the Text Wrapping button and select Behind Text. If you don't
do this, you get a big graphic in the header that doesn't work as a watermark
(this step is not clear in the Word Help topic on watermarks).
7. Now, you can resize the graphic,
drag it around on the page, or any other picture formatting you want to
do.
8. Close the Header and Footer view
by clicking on the Close button on the Header and Footer toolbar. If your
graphic is not visible on the screen, choose Print Layout from the View menu.
You can now edit your document as usual
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