Watermark Issue

[Ross from Orlando]

I'm working on a multi-page Word 2007 document. It is set up for the
first page header to be different, which I suspect has something to do
with the issue I'm about to describe. I am trying to put a watermark
on each page. When I insert the watermark while the cursor is
somewhere in page 1, the watermark appears on page 1 only. When I
insert the watermark while the cursor is somewhere in page 2, the
watermark appears on all the pages except page 1. Any ideas? Thanks,

Ross

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Insert it one place or the other. Then view the header and footer, select
the watermark and copy, go to the other header, and paste.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Ross from Orlando]

It is working as design.  Like I mentioned befor, watermarks are part of the
document header.  There are three storyTypes associated with a document
header FirstPageHeaderStory, EvenPageHeaderStory, and
PrimaryPageHeaderStory.  If you have your document set up with a different
first page then the header on that page is in the FirstPageHeaderStory (so
is the watermark).  Watermarks in the FirstPageHeaderStory are not in the
PrimaryPageHeaderStory so they don't show up on other pages.

If you want your watermark in both stories then you need to insert it in
both.



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Greg Maxey -  Word MVP

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I can't seem to get it to appear on all pages. How do you "insert it
in both"? Is it necessary to put in a section break. Thanks Greg.

 

[Greg Maxey]

No you don't need a section break. Put it in one or the other. Go to the
header of the one it is in. Selected and copy it. Go the header that it
isn't in, click and paste.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Watermarks are part of the Header. This is because an object inserted in the
Header can be made to float anywhere on a page as far down as the Footer and
is not restricted to inside Header margin as with text. So because you are
using Different First Page, you need to insert the Watermark in both the
first page and for the following pages.