Re: How do you add a watermark to only one page of a document?

[Dan]

I wanted to revisit this topic because neither of the proposed solutions
worked for me. I'm using Word 2003 and need to insert a washed-out picture
watermark on only the front page of my document.

I've followed the directions for putting the first page in its own section
and then turning off the link-to-previous attribute in the subsequent
section's header. No dice. The watermark persists throughout the document.

Inserting as a behind-the-text picture will work, however I then do not have
the option of selecting a washed-out look.

I can't believe there's not a straightforward approach for this that works.

Any ideas? I'm particularly bewildered by the failure of the first approach
(deselecting the link-to-previous). I followed the directions diligently and
it just simply does not work, which leads me to believe that the watermark
really isn't in the header after all.

Does anybody have any ideas with this?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Making the first page into a separate section (by adding a Next Page section
break between it and page 2) will work. After turning off Same As Previous
in the Section 2 header, though, you need to click on the watermark in that
section and delete it (*not* by using the watermark dialog to remove it,
since that will also remove it from section 1).

If you insert the picture behind text but not in a header, you *do* have the
option of the washed-out look. Select the picture, which should display the
Picture toolbar (if not, choose it from View > Toolbars). Click the Color
button on the toolbar and choose Washout. You can fine-tune the effect by
using the Contrast and Brightness buttons on the same toolbar.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Lptak]

I just created a text box, made the text a lighter shade of gray and send the
text box into the background. Simple and worked well.

 

[Jenny Sprong wrote: It worked !]

I just created a text box, made the text a lighter shade of gray and send the
text box into the background. Simple and worked well.

 

[Golden Lady]

I used WordART to create a watermark for one page. I opened a blank page,
create the in WordArt the word VETO, sized it changed the color, set it for
"behind text"; Cut and pasted into the real document on the one page...You
still have the ability to modify. gl, gl