Letterhead in Jpg format - template

[AlexUnlv]

We just had a designer provide us a jpg format design as our letterhead.
However, I'm having a difficult time incorporating this jpg as a template.

I'm inserting the jpg as a watermark picture but the problems I encounter are:

1. Margins force the jpg within the page margin boundaries.
2. Picture, although stretched out on the page, does not print out covering
entire page.
3. the jpg is 1mb in size and when I load the template Word begins to drag
and it's almost impossible to work using that Template.

Any tips would be appreciated.

 

[Tim Murray]

We just had a designer provide us a jpg format design as our letterhead.
However, I'm having a difficult time incorporating this jpg as a template.

I'm inserting the jpg as a watermark picture but the problems I encounter are:

1. Margins force the jpg within the page margin boundaries.

If you force it to float behind text, you can push it around.

2. Picture, although stretched out on the page, does not print out covering
entire page.

May need to manually size it numerically.

3. the jpg is 1mb in size and when I load the template Word begins to drag
and it's almost impossible to work using that Template.

Any tips would be appreciated.

Fire your designer. Unless the letterhead is a photo, it should be done as an
EPS for a top-quality image. And even past that, I'd spring for real
pre-printed letterhead.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Alex - See the in line comments below;

We just had a designer provide us a jpg format design as our letterhead.
However, I'm having a difficult time incorporating this jpg as a template.

I'm inserting the jpg as a watermark picture but the problems I encounter are:

1. Margins force the jpg within the page margin boundaries.

Well, sure - word processing programs inherently use margins to confine
content... Objects or text makes no difference. If you want Word to work
contrary to the norm you have to at least ask for - if not demand - what you
want. This you apparently found out as indicated in your next point...

2. Picture, although stretched out on the page, does not print out covering
entire page.

This is a printer issue, not a Word issue. Most [non-commercial] printers
have minimum margin requirements - even those that are advertised as being
able to do "borderless" printing. Word can't override that, although you may
be able to control it through the printer's settings.

3. the jpg is 1mb in size and when I load the template Word begins to drag
and it's almost impossible to work using that Template.

One MB is large for a jpeg letterhead watermark - even one that for whatever
reason has to cover an entire letter size page. It sounds to me like the
design may be overly complex for in-house printing. Perhaps you might give
some thought to a simpler design or to having the letterhead preprinted.

Any tips would be appreciated.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac