Watermarks in Odffice 2003

[Idania -TTX]

How do we put a different watermark per page like after a section break (next
page) with the header unlinked to the prior page. We tried inserting a group
of pages but this did not work. We tried pasting the different pages into
the headers (ie. one different page per different header), but then could not
type on top or put a table to put field codes, because the header had taken
up the entire page.

We want to put different pages of a document as watermarks, to be able to
type other items on top of them.

We have MS Office Professional Edition 2003 with SP3.

Thanks,

 

[Jay Freedman]

How do we put a different watermark per page like after a section
break (next page) with the header unlinked to the prior page. We
tried inserting a group of pages but this did not work. We tried
pasting the different pages into the headers (ie. one different page
per different header), but then could not type on top or put a table
to put field codes, because the header had taken up the entire page.

We want to put different pages of a document as watermarks, to be
able to type other items on top of them.

We have MS Office Professional Edition 2003 with SP3.

Thanks,

You almost had it...

You need a section break for each page.
You must turn off "Same As Previous" for the header in each section.

Now the two differences:

Use Edit > Paste Special > Picture (Windows Metafile) to paste the "page"
watermark into a header as a picture.

Select the picture so its edges and "handles" appear. If you don't see the
Picture toolbar, use View > Toolbars to display it. Click the Text Wrapping
button on the toolbar and choose Behind Text. Drag the picture downward to
align its top edge with the bottom of the header box. Close the header pane.

Repeat for other sections.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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