Yes, they are mostly transparent and behind the content of document.
It will appear to be behind the text.
Acces the Page Layout groups and commands Choose a predefined text watermark access the watermark gallery
*Access the Page Layout groups and commands *Choose a predefined text watermark *Access the Watermark gallery
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How do you insert a watermark in the Word document? Explain with example. It is a manual process. Click on Format, Background and follow the prompts for image or text. However, the process can be automated using StampIt for Word.
On top part of pages is the document header, that can contain text or image. If it is behind the main content, like in center of page, it can be either of two. 1. A watermark- It is something that conveys a special message about document like 'confidential' , 'do not copy', company name etc. 2. A background picture. It stays in the background while you can write regular text over it.
You can set it to display as a watermark. That will wash it out, because it is trying to make the picture light enough to display in the background, behind the text.
Watermark protects your photo's copyright by adding image watermark, text watermark.
You want a "Watermark" look up that in the help ( <F1> )
The watermark commands are available only in normal, print layout, and outline views.On the Format menu, point to Background, and then click Printed Watermark.Do one of the following: To insert a picture as a watermark (watermark: Any graphic or text, such as "Confidential," that when printed appears either on top of or behind existing document text.), click Picture Watermark, and then click Select Picture. Select the picture you want, and then click Insert.To insert a text watermark, click Text Watermark, and then select or enter the text that you want.Select any additional options that you want, and then click Apply.To view a watermark as it will appear on the printed page, use print layout view (Print Layout view: A view of a document or other object as it will appear when you print it. For example, items such as headers, footnotes, columns, and text boxes appear in their actual positions.).See related links.
Documents that contain only text (usually no pictures).