Add A Watermark In Word 2007
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One way you can spice up a document is to add a watermark. A watermark is simply a very faint image that appears behind your text. For example, it may be a company logo or name. You may have seen documents before that have the word confidential behind the text. Yes, this is a watermark!
Word 2007 makes it simple for you to add your own watermarks to a document.
To add a custom text watermark:
- Open your document.
- One the Page Layout tab, in the Page Background group, click Watermark.
- Click Custom Watermark.
- Click Text watermark.
- Select the text you want to use or type in your own.
- Select any other formatting options you want to use.
- Click OK.
You can switch to Print Layout view to see how the watermark will appear on a printed page.
[tags]watermark, Word 2007, document[/tags]
9 Comments
Clint
September 25th, 2007
at 9:36am
Word 2007 - I can’t place a watermark on every page with different Sections and Headers/Footers. When I place a watermark in one section, the watermark erases in another. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Sheldon
November 28th, 2007
at 1:28pm
Clint: I have the same question. Have you made any progress?
Geoff
November 30th, 2007
at 1:10pm
You have to create sections, then unlink the header, since the watermark is stored in the header. While you are in header edit mode, insert the watermark and it will only appear in that section
Silver surfer
January 17th, 2008
at 7:46am
How do I put a different watermark on each page of a word document using Vista? Laymans answers appreciated!
Thanks
Wade Dorrell
April 2nd, 2008
at 12:16pm
This video describes putting different watermarks on different pages. (It is in followup to what Geoff said, and hopefully will help Silver Surfer)
http://office.microsoft.com/home/video.aspx?assetid=ES102446921033&width=884&height=540&startindex=0&CTT=11&Origin=HA102446941033#
Teresa
July 18th, 2008
at 2:13pm
An easy way to insert a watermark, without messing up your headers is this:
Insert water mark on any page (no need to add additional section breaks). Go into your header, like you are going to edit the header. Run your mouse over the watermark until you get a four way arrow. Right click and select copy. This copies the watermark to your clipboard.
Exit the header you are in, go to a page that does not contain the watermark. Go into the header for that page, like you are going to edit it. Use either Ctrl V or paste from the toolbar. This will paste the watermark onto the page. Note: you must be in the header for this to work.
Happy wordprocessing!
Adam B.
August 19th, 2008
at 1:41pm
Hey, Teresa, if you ever circle back this way — Huge Thanks!!
I had about 43 documents to add watermarks to, and I was banging my head on the desk trying to get it to work.
Your method helped me get it done in about 20 minutes.
–Adam B.
Mike T
August 20th, 2008
at 9:28pm
Pasting instead of just adding a watermark is hardly intuitive, but it works. I’ve been trying for hours to get them to stick. Thanks, guys!
Trainer
August 22nd, 2008
at 11:28am
A much easier way in Word 2007 is to click Watermark icon and choose the Customize option and then click the Text dropdown to choose the Watermark phrase. That will apply it to every page regardless of section formatting.