Microsoft Word

[David Frankel]

I am wondering how one inserts a watermark both text and graphic into
a Microsoft Word 2004 (version 11.0) document so that it appears on
every page?

David

 

[Elliott Roper]

I am wondering how one inserts a watermark both text and graphic into
a Microsoft Word 2004 (version 11.0) document so that it appears on
every page?

What works in v.X and should still be good is to put the graphic in the
page header or footer. You can make it cover the whole page with
suitable tranparency and float behind stuff.

I suggest you make the text part of the graphic for this trick to work.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

You open up the header/footer (View | Header/Footer), and anchor it to the
paragraph there, as header/footer text appears on every page (unless you
have a First Page Header, or Odd and Even Headers set). Even though
anchored in the h/f, you can move the graphic anywhere you like. With this
method, you will have to do the watermark-like formatting yourself for it to
print out properly, I think.

 

[Phillip M. Jones, CE.T.]

You open up the header/footer (View | Header/Footer), and anchor it to the
paragraph there, as header/footer text appears on every page (unless you
have a First Page Header, or Odd and Even Headers set). Even though
anchored in the h/f, you can move the graphic anywhere you like. With this
method, you will have to do the watermark-like formatting yourself for it to
print out properly, I think.

Hey folks he is talking about "Watermarks".

Watermarks have nothing whatsoever to do with headers or footers.

Watermarks are text , graphics or both that are shown in the background
in Main text Say for example you you have a an invoice. You want to mark
it paid like you would use a a red paid stamp.

or say you wanted a logo to show faintly behind the main text in a
document.

That's what he is talking about.

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[Phillip M. Jones, CE.T.]

You open up the header/footer (View | Header/Footer), and anchor it to the
paragraph there, as header/footer text appears on every page (unless you
have a First Page Header, or Odd and Even Headers set). Even though
anchored in the h/f, you can move the graphic anywhere you like. With this
method, you will have to do the watermark-like formatting yourself for it to
print out properly, I think.

In trying the watermark feature you can do either one or the other not
both at the same time.

what you can do is open the graphic you want in another window in your
graphic program and insert desired text the save the entire thing as a
Graphic. Then go to insert watermark, click on insert picture then
insert your altered graphic. try to use a Gif image s a Jpeg image
unless save at a high resolution will end up being very blocky looking.

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[Daiya Mitchell]

Hey folks he is talking about "Watermarks".

Watermarks have nothing whatsoever to do with headers or footers.

We know what watermarks are, Phillip. If one chooses *not* to incorporate
the text into the graphic and use the Watermark feature, than an alternate
route to getting text and graphics on every page is to anchor them in the
header/footer. This is what the Watermark feature (under Insert Watermark)
does automatically--try it and see.

As you said, the Watermark feature only allows one item. To get two items,
one can either combine the items outside the document, and use the feature;
or combine them on the page the way Elliot and I outlined, and skip using
the feature.

DM

 

[Phillip M. Jones, CE.T.]

We know what watermarks are, Phillip. If one chooses *not* to incorporate
the text into the graphic and use the Watermark feature, than an alternate
route to getting text and graphics on every page is to anchor them in the
header/footer. This is what the Watermark feature (under Insert Watermark)
does automatically--try it and see.

As you said, the Watermark feature only allows one item. To get two items,
one can either combine the items outside the document, and use the feature;
or combine them on the page the way Elliot and I outlined, and skip using
the feature.

DM

Didn't/don't mean to be argumentative; but, when Ya'll started talking
about inserting in the header or footer ...

You can put a graphic, and you can put text into a header or footer.
If you do so the text, and the graphic are at the same exact
Transparency level as the Main Text in you message.

What I have known as a "watermark" all my life is like say on high grade
typing paper, you hold it up to the light and you can see either text or
Graphic usually of the company that made the paper, or say on checks,
usually the name of the bank to which its drawn. I believe you ought to
be able to insert both in a watermark just as you can in a header; but
since word doesn't I suggested a way to have both.

In word's case a watermark is/was strictly either a faint graphic or
text placed in the background of the main page. You can in some programs
even tilt text as a desired angle. (this could be repeated over all the
pages you desire to use.

To me inserting a watermark in a header or footer doesn't seem right
based on either what I know or have learned a watermark is.

But inserting a Graphic and an address in a Header seems appropriate.

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[Elliott Roper]

In word's case a watermark is/was strictly either a faint graphic or
text placed in the background of the main page. You can in some programs
even tilt text as a desired angle. (this could be repeated over all the
pages you desire to use.

To me inserting a watermark in a header or footer doesn't seem right
based on either what I know or have learned a watermark is.

Try it Phillip. It works. You can put the graphic in the header, yet it
can appear anywhere on the page. You can also set the transparency, and
set it behind the text on the page.

Best of all, it appears on every page where that header would appear,
even though you go to the trouble only once.

"Watermark" was originally the name of a pattern that went into the
paper stock. It has been misused by thousands since. So don't lose too
much sleep over the name. The header trick really really works.
ps It is worth experimenting with eps graphics for 'watermarks' in
this context. Bitmaps are sucky on higher quality printers.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hi Phillip,

The header/footer bit is only to get it to repeat on every single page
without inserting it multiple times. If you anchor a graphic in the header
or footer, you can drag it anywhere you want--if it's WordArt you can easily
tilt and resize it--and it will print on every page.

All Word's Watermark feature does is automatically insert the graphic or
text, anchored in the header/footer, and present you with an easy way to
fade it out. But you can replicate all that manually, by opening up the
header/footer, then Inserting WordArt, then Inserting a Picture. Then
formatting the WordArt and Picture to gray and transparent.

It is of course also entirely possible to do it the way you suggested, and
possibly easier. It's just two methods of getting to the same place. Neither
route gets you to a *real* watermark, of course, only Word's version of one.

It's a completely different use of the header/footer than for Letterhead.
(Go ahead, try it. Insert a Watermark, then view header/footer, turn on
nonprinting characters, and select the watermark. You will see an anchor in
the header/footer margin. Delete the anchor and the watermark goes away.
You'll see that Word does exactly what Elliot and I spelled out).

Daiya

 

[Phillip M. Jones, CE.T.]

Hi Phillip,

The header/footer bit is only to get it to repeat on every single page
without inserting it multiple times. If you anchor a graphic in the header
or footer, you can drag it anywhere you want--if it's WordArt you can easily
tilt and resize it--and it will print on every page.

All Word's Watermark feature does is automatically insert the graphic or
text, anchored in the header/footer, and present you with an easy way to
fade it out. But you can replicate all that manually, by opening up the
header/footer, then Inserting WordArt, then Inserting a Picture. Then
formatting the WordArt and Picture to gray and transparent.

It is of course also entirely possible to do it the way you suggested, and
possibly easier. It's just two methods of getting to the same place. Neither
route gets you to a *real* watermark, of course, only Word's version of one.

It's a completely different use of the header/footer than for Letterhead.
(Go ahead, try it. Insert a Watermark, then view header/footer, turn on
nonprinting characters, and select the watermark. You will see an anchor in
the header/footer margin. Delete the anchor and the watermark goes away.
You'll see that Word does exactly what Elliot and I spelled out).

Daiya

Hmmmm..... I'll have to see if you can insert a watermark in header.
Don't of a reason to do it though.

But then there is a lot of things I don't know about Office.

I had to learn of a critical update for Office Ma Mac due to security
issues by Cnet.news and Computerworld news. I've updated thankfully
though by opening Excel and clicking on check for updates.

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