Using a PDF to create a letterhead

[yvonne]

Is it possible to use a letterhead page created in pdf as a letterhead in
word? Let me clarify. I want to produce a document, that has letterhead
images att the top and bottom of the page, and also a background image.
Trying to use the watermark for the background image does not work as I am
not able to precisely place and size it in Word. So I was wondering if there
was a way to do this using a pdf?

Thanks

 

[Graham Mayor]

There is no reason why you cannot use a combination of images in the
header/footer to create your letterhead? Set the watermark image (simply a
pale graphic) to 'behind text' and you can place it where you want.

PDF cannot be used for this.

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[yvonne]

Thanks Graham

This is how I tried to do it originally, but I don't see a way to exactly
position the watermark. Am I missing something?

 

[yvonne]

Oh just read you're reply again. Yes this is what I have been doing up to
now. But it does not work very well. My image extends to the bottom edge of
the paper (as it should), but now I can't put in a page break afte the image.
Ideally I'd like to set it as a watermark and be able to adjust its position
- is there any way??

 

[macropod]

Hi Yvonne,

It sounds like you're now entering you text in the header/footer area,
instead of in the body of the document - that's why you can't move to the
next page. If so, you'll need to cut the text out of the header/footer area,
close the header/footer view and paste the text back into the body are.

Cheers

 

[Graham Mayor]

You are clearly not doing it correctly.
You can't have a page break in the header/footer? The page break occurs in
the text view when the page is full!
A watermark is simply an image (or images) in the header/footer view set
'behind text'. Any selected image set 'behind text' can be dragged anywhere
on the page.
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm

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[Charles Kenyon]

Separate your images for top and bottom. Put these in the first-page header
and footer. If there is something that goes into background that can be put
into a header or footer (even though outside the header-footer area); just
make sure that it is formatted as behind text rather than wrapping. Try to
get the original images rather than your pdf if you can.

Take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some other document where you
want one header on the first page and a different header on other pages.
http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step
instructions. (It also has the following links)

Some other pages to look at:

Letterhead Tips and Instructions
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm

Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial
http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#LetterheadTextboxesAndStylesTutorial
(for simulating different margins on different pages, among other things)


Template Basics
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm

How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

Word "Forms"
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms and

Word for Word Perfect Users
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a WP
environment (or even if you are not).

Hope this helps,
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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