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Add Text As A Watermark In Word 2003
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Watermarks are great for branding your documents with legal text, company information, etc. A watermark is simply a very faint image or text that appears behind your text. You may have seen documents before that have the word confidential behind the text, such as legal documents. Yes, this is a watermark!
In a previous tip, I showed you how to add a picture as a watermark. Adding text as a watermark is just as simple. You can add text as a watermark in Word 2003, using the steps described below.
- Click the Format menu, point to Background, and select Printed Watermark.
- Select Text Watermark.
- In the text field, use the drop down arrow to select the text that you want to appear as the watermark. To add your own text, type the text in the Text field.
- Use the additional options to format the text.
- Click OK.
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September 26th, 2008
at 7:18am
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Watermark
November 18th, 2009
at 12:56pm
While that is an excellent method for manually adding a watermark, it can be done much easier and with more versatility by an add-in for Word called StampIt. There is a 15 day free trial that is fully functional. It makes watermarking and stamping a document much faster and more through.