Mac Word 2008: How can I tile a background or watermark?

[Ph...@officeformac.com]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Processor: Intel Hi,

My objective is:

1) tile an image to fill the background of a document
2) superimpose a filled text box

to create a white text block, with an image-tiled border running around it.

I've tried doing it as a background "texture" and as a watermark. The background texture, although it looks fine on the screen, disappears in Print Preview and will not print (I do have the "print backgrounds" option checked).

The watermark appears OK, but, I can't get it to tile to fill all of the document.

Any suggestions? Many thanks!

[CyberTaz]

Make sure you have everything fully updated ‹ Office , OS X, & especially
the printer driver. Check the mfr's web site. The driver is responsible for
what gets printed.

You may be better off inserting the graphic into the Header/Footer rather
than using the Background feature. 'Background' is primarily intended for
screen display & web pages rather than for printing. Some printers don't
take kindly to it.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 3/19/10 8:33 PM, in article 59bb5...@webcrossing.JaKIaxP2ac0,

[Ph...@officeformac.com]

Bob,

Actually I got it working; it turns out that even though the tiled background image texture does not show up in "Print Preview", it does in fact print out. The preview just shows a blank page. Go figure.

Thanks for your response and suggestions.