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Microsoft Word 2010: Adding A Watermark

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WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark

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A watermark is the name given to anything you print behind the words of a Word document.

Sometimes a company will put its logo behind a letter it writes.

WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark

You might want to put a message behind your next love note.

WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark

Perhaps a photo behind the words of your next family letter.

WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark

Or... especially valuable when you need to share a document that’s not quite finished... the word “Draft” can be inserted as a watermark.

WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark

To add a watermark, Click the “Page Layout” tab on the Word ribbon at the top of your screen.

WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark

Then click on “Watermark.”

WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark

When you click on Watermark, you will have the option to select multiple pre-defined choices.

WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark

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Use the scroll bar to move the page down and view additional pre-defined options.

If you would like to create a custom watermark, click on “Custom Watermark” at the bottom of the selection box.

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The “Printed Watermark” dialog box appears. It gives you two kinds of watermarks to choose from. You can either choose a “Picture watermark”... or a “Text watermark.”

WORD: Adding a watermark

If you choose the “Picture watermark” option...

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You will next click “Select Picture”...

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Which will open the “Insert Picture” dialog box...

WORD 2007: Adding a watermark

where you can select the picture file you want to use or navigate to another folder with pictures...

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and click “Insert” at the bottom right corner of the dialog box.

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You can click the “Washout” option to make your picture more transparent.

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Or you can insert a percentage to resize the image.

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When you have it the way you want it, click “OK.”

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Or... if you choose a “Text watermark”...

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you will type in the word or words you want to appear behind your document...

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choose a font, a size, and a color...

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and indicate whether you want the watermark semi-transparent or not...

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and whether you want it to appear diagonally on the page or horizontally.

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When you have it the way you want it, click “OK.”

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And there is your watermark. For best results, make sure your text or picture is not so “busy” that it competes with your document.

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That’s all there is to it. Below are step-by-step directions for adding a watermark to a Word 2010 document. Have fun watermarking!

Step-by-Step:

- Click “Page Layout.”- Then click on “Watermark”- Select a pre-defined Watermark, or click

on “Custom Watermark”

If you choose “Picture watermark.”- Click “Select Picture.”- Select the picture you want as a watermark. - Click “Insert.”- Place a check mark for “Washout” or Not Washed Out. - Select a size for the image. - And click “OK.”

If you choose “Text watermark.”- Type in the text you want as a watermark.- Choose a font, a size, and a color.- Choose “Semitransparent” or not Semitransparent.- Choose between “Diagonal” and “Horizontal.” - And click “OK.”

WORD 2007: Adding a watermark