Create a Watermark and automate it's use

[Diane]

I just got such a fast answer to my last question, here is another.

I'm trying to make a watermark for documents. I've read the help file and I've
printed out the Article Q180976 from Microsoft Product support called How to
create a Watermark in Word and it seems like a lot of steps to me. And I am
haivng trouble resizing the word art "COPY" by grabbing the handles, but it won't
change size just move and so I'm stuck at that step.

But after I make it I will want to put into a macro or have some other fast way
to apply it to a document(usually a multi page document)when needed.

Back in my WP days I knew how to do this, but with Word I'm a little lost. Is
there an EASY way? Surley this is a pretty standard thing to want to do. Is
there a download or a ready made macro or something? I looked through the MVP
site, but didn't see anything on this, but I may have missed it.

Thanks

Diane

[Beth Melton]

Hi Diane,

Here are a few easy steps:

1) Go to View Header and Footer
2) Insert your WordArt
- The second style is the best for regular text
- On WordArt Toolbar:
Select the WordArt shape of your choice
Select Format WordArt and on the Colors and Lines tab choose a
light Fill color and for Line select "No Color"

To use the Watermark in other documents create an AutoText entry for
it:
1) With the WordArt selected, go to Insert/AutoText/AutoText
2) Select the Template you want to save the AutoText in the "Look in"
list
3) Provide a name for your AutoText entry and select Add.
Note: If you are storing the AutoText entry in your Normal.dot, skip
steps 2 & 3 and just press <Alt F3> to add your AutoText entry.

Additional Notes:
- To use the Watermark, switch to your Header/Footer, type the name
for your AutoText entry. You may need to type the full name and press
<F3> to insert it. (Or use the Insert\AutoText menu to insert it,
create macro, keyboard shortcut, etc.)
- If you have difficulty selecting the WordArt Object, click the
"Select Objects" command on the Drawing toolbar, watch for your mouse
to change to a multi-directional pointer and then click the object.
- To change the size, use the white sizing handles
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Please post replies/further questions to the newsgroup so that all may
benefit.

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[Graham Mayor]

Diane

While you can put a watermark on the text page, it works better if you
put it in the document header/footer plane. (A header can appear anywhere
on the page). This will allow it to appear on every page without further
user involvement.

Word 2000 inserts graphics in-line, so in order to resize from the
header, you will need to change the graphic properties to 'behind text'
to free it from the in-line condition.

Save the document as a template and you can use that template for docs.
that require the watermark.

You should also be able to save the graphic as a formatted autotext entry
for ease of re-use.

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In article <531e01c0d7f7$417fc380$a5e62ecf@tkmsftngxa07>,
dillin...@menearlaw.com says...
> I just got such a fast answer to my last question, here is another. =20
>
> I'm trying to make a watermark for documents. I've read the help file =
> and I've=20
> printed out the Article Q180976 from Microsoft Product support called =
> How to=20
> create a Watermark in Word and it seems like a lot of steps to me. And =
> I am=20
> haivng trouble resizing the word art "COPY" by grabbing the handles, but =
> it won't=20

> change size just move and so I'm stuck at that step.
>

> But after I make it I will want to put into a macro or have some other =
> fast way=20

> to apply it to a document(usually a multi page document)when needed.
>

> Back in my WP days I knew how to do this, but with Word I'm a little =
> lost. Is=20
> there an EASY way? Surley this is a pretty standard thing to want to =
> do. Is=20
> there a download or a ready made macro or something? I looked through =
> the MVP=20

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Wow, that's great! Much easier than setting up WordArt manually. OTOH, the
one time I tried to do a WordArt DRAFT watermark, I found that it slowed
printing down so much that it was just unacceptable, so the author and I
settled for putting "Draft for Discussion Purposes" in the footer, to be
removed for the final version.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft Word MVP
Words into Type
Fairhope, AL USA

Bob Buckland ?:-) <7521...@compuserve.com> wrote in message
news:OFvROHJ2AHA.632@tkmsftngp03...
> MS appears to have agreed it was too complicated for folks to
> remember how to do a watermark and for Word 2002
> there is a 'Printed Watermark' feature added -
> Format=>Background=>Printed Watermark
>
> There is a list of built in common texts such as Copy, Draft, Final
> but you can type in any text you want and it will size itself to fit,
> or you can use a picture watermark .
>
> =========
> <<"Beth Melton" <melt...@etrademail.com> wrote in message
news:ubTiOhA2AHA.2152@tkmsftngp02...

[d.]

Thanks everyone. I've had great success with this ( thanks to your help)
and have put one in my autotext at work.

Diane

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