creating a non printing watermark

[billycarlson41]

is it possible to have a non printing watermark in Word2004 for Mac?
i have been trying for several hours now, to no avail. So far, the
only way I see it possible, is to have Drawing Objects unchecked in
the preferences menu, which wont work.

Anyone have a clue?

Billy Carlson
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

A manual watermark that used a text box could have text inside it
formatted as Hidden. Almost no one has hidden text set to print. But
most people don't have hidden text set to view, either, so that it might
just be that no one saw your watermark at all, with that method.

Why don't you want it to print? Why have it at all, in that case?

 

[Clive Huggan]

Or you could make the letters pale yellow -- they would show on the screen
but in black-and-white printing would not show up.

You're going to tell me you want to print in colour ...

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[John McGhie [MVP Word, Word Mac]]

Hi Billy:

I need to ask you what you want to use this for! I am not sure that
"watermark" is what you want.

By definition, a watermark prints. As Daiya says, you can set the watermark
to "Hidden" font, but if you do, it may not display either.

Comments do not print (that's what they're for...)

Cheers

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