background image

[Rick]

The question is 2 fold if that is ok. Question 2 came out of trying to solve
question 1.
Queestion1 – I am making a multi page document and I have put a background
image in Word2003. When the text flows onto the next page the background
image automatically appears also on the subsequent pages. This is what I want
to happen. When I save it as a PDF though the background image doesn’t save.
I read somewhere to go to “page settings†and tick the print background image
option. When I did this the background image shrunk and duplicated multiple
times and the files size was massive. What am I doing wrong?

Queestion2. What I did then was insert the image I was using as the
background into the word doc so it was placed behind the text, so in theory a
background image. But when the text overflows onto the next page the image
doesn’t automatically appear there. Can I make? Can I set it up as a template
or style so all the pages automatically have the same image attached behind
the text?

Hope this makes sense.

Cheers

Rick

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

"Backgrounds" are intended for Web pages. What you want is a "watermark."
Use Format | Background | Printed Watermark to insert your image, and it
will repeat on every page *and* print to PDF.

 

[Rick]

Hi Suzanne,

Is it possible to add as a watermark but for it not to be faded?

Cheers

Rick

 

[Graham Mayor]

A watermark is simply a graphic (or Word Art object which is much the same
thing) inserted into the header of a document. There is a tool provided to
simplify the task, but you don't have to use it - but if you do uncheck the
'washout box' for a picture watermark or choose black instead of grey for a
text watermark.

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