Word for Office 365 Word for Office 365 for Mac Word 2019 Word 2019 for Mac Word 2016 Word 2013 Word 2010 Word 2007 Word 2016 for Mac Word for Mac 2011 More. Less Windows Mac Newer versions Office 2011. Open Word for Mac and the document containing the watermark. Click the Design tab.In the Page Background group, click Watermark. Note: Word for Mac 2011 users should navigate to the Page Layout tab, select the Page Background group, then click Watermark.
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Different version of Word? I don't have a tab labeled Page Layout.) I get a picture watermark going through the Insert tab Watermark. Select the picture option, then click on Select Picture. Choose the picture you want to use as the watermark, then hit Insert.
Don't click on Washout. You can always go back to the Watermark menu to adjust the Scale if you want. Double click the area at the top of the page (above the first line of text). This will open up the Header/Footer function. Double click on the image and this will open up the Format Picture window. There you can use the slider to adjust the transparency, and a lot of other cool features.
Click OK and say to yourself 'OK.' A text watermark will be WordArt. Since you're seeing picture formatting tools, you must have a picture watermark.
The Washout setting is just a specific brightness setting; you can adjust the brightness to be more or less using the menu under brightness in the Adjust group on the contextual Picture Tools Format tab. If you want something between those settings, right-click on the graphic, choose Format Picture, and use the slider or spin box to select a specific percentage. To get to the Picture Tools-Format tab, double-click in on the Header or Footer space of the page and then select (click on) your watermark picture.
You can then edit the Brightness and Contrast to your liking.
To add a common watermark such as DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL, or DO NOT COPY to your document,. On the Design tab, in the Page Background group, choose Watermark. For Word 2010 and 2007 versions, find the Watermark option here - On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Background group, choose Watermark. Scroll through the watermark gallery and click the watermark you want. The gallery includes horizontal and diagonal watermarks for Draft, Confidential, Sample, ASAP, Urgent, and Do Not Copy. Word automatically applies the watermark to every page except a designated title page.
If you don’t see the watermark applied, click View Print Layout. This also shows how the printed watermark will look.
Create and save a custom watermark You can create your own text watermark using Custom Watermark. On the Design tab, in the Page Background group, choose Watermark. For Word 2010 and 2007 versions, On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Background group, choose Watermark.
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Choose Custom Watermark. In the Printed Watermark dialog, select Text watermark. Type your watermark text in the Text box. You can try different fonts, layouts, sizes, and colors while you’re at it.
Choose OK to apply the watermark to your document. Save a custom watermark into the watermark gallery To save the custom watermark you created into the Watermark gallery do the following:.
Double click the header area of the document. Move the cursor over the watermark and click to select. On the Design tab, in the Page Background group, choose Watermark. For Word 2010 and 2007 versions, On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Background group, choose Watermark. Select Save Selection to Watermark gallery.
More information about watermarks.