top secret, draft, etc

[Tucker]

Hey all, I have looked through word in office XP and I cannot find a
function i thought was there. It is essentially the ability to placea large
"stamp" on your document, which is translucent so text can be resd through
it, and it has said things like "DRAFT" or "TOP SECRET," stuff like that.
Anyone have any insight into where I might find this? TIA

Tucker

 

[Hilary Ostrov]

Hey all, I have looked through word in office XP and I cannot find a
function i thought was there. It is essentially the ability to placea large
"stamp" on your document, which is translucent so text can be resd through
it, and it has said things like "DRAFT" or "TOP SECRET," stuff like that.
Anyone have any insight into where I might find this? TIA

What you want to do is create a "watermark". Not sure about Word XP,
but in Word 2000, the following can be found in Help:

<quote>

Add a watermark to a printed document

To print a watermark, you must insert it into a header or footer. The
watermark is printed wherever you place it on the page — it doesn't
have to be confined to the area at the top or bottom of the page.

On the View menu, click Header and Footer.

On the Header and Footer toolbar, click Show/Hide Document Text to
hide the text and graphics in the main document.

Insert a graphic — a drawing object such as an AutoShape, clip art,
WordArt, or picture — or insert a text box.

[...]

On the Header and Footer toolbar, click Close.

Notes

To view a watermark as it will appear on the printed page, use print
layout view or print preview.

If the watermark interferes with the legibility of the text on the
page, you can lighten the object you used to create the watermark.
[...]

</quote>

If you're lucky, the process might be similar in XP!

HTH

hro

 

[Tucker]

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 01:22:53 GMT, in
<NFPBb.646839$6C4.221082@pd7tw1no>, "Tucker" <[email protected]>
wrote:

<snip>

That did the trick, thanks for the help!

Tucker