A few tricks to take you beyond the basics of Microsoft Office 2010

1. A few tricks to take you beyond the basics of Microsoft Office 2010 GCPS Tech Tips Microsoft Word 2010: Adding A Watermark

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3. WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark A watermark is the name given to anything you print behind the words of a Word document. Sometimes a company will put its logo behind a letter it writes.

4. WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark You might want to put a message behind your next love note.

5. WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark Perhaps a photo behind the words of your next family letter.

6. WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark Or... especially valuable when you need to share a document that’s not quite finished... the word “Draft” can be inserted as a watermark.

7. WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark To add a watermark, Click the “Page Layout” tab on the Word ribbon at the top of your screen.

8. WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark Then click on “Watermark.”

9. WORD 2010: Adding A Watermark When you click on Watermark, you will have the option to select multiple pre-defined choices.

10. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark Use the scroll bar to move the page down and view additional pre-defined options.

11. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark If you would like to create a custom watermark, click on “Custom Watermark” at the bottom of the selection box.

12. WORD: Adding a watermark The “Printed Watermark” dialog box appears. It gives you two kinds of watermarks to choose from. You can either choose a “Picture watermark”... or a “Text watermark.”

13. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark If you choose the “Picture watermark” option...

14. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark You will next click “Select Picture”...

15. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark Which will open the “Insert Picture” dialog box...

16. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark where you can select the picture file you want to use or navigate to another folder with pictures...

17. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark and click “Insert” at the bottom right corner of the dialog box.

18. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark You can click the “Washout” option to make your picture more transparent.

19. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark Or you can insert a percentage to resize the image.

20. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark When you have it the way you want it, click “OK.”

21. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark Or... if you choose a “Text watermark”...

22. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark you will type in the word or words you want to appear behind your document...

23. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark choose a font, a size, and a color...

24. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark and indicate whether you want the watermark semi-transparent or not...

25. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark and whether you want it to appear diagonally on the page or horizontally.

26. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark When you have it the way you want it, click “OK.”

27. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark And there is your watermark. For best results, make sure your text or picture is not so “busy” that it competes with your document.

28. WORD 2007: Adding a watermark That’s all there is to it. Below are step-by-step directions for adding a watermark to a Word 2010 document. Have fun watermarking!