Watermarks are background text and/or images that we place on all pages of a document. Because they are intended for the background only, the watermarks are printed with a low opacity, so any text written over them will obscure them. This is useful in several cases: um to create an official document of a companyby printing the company logo in the background to indicate that a document is a draft, by having the word “Draft” written in large letters on each page, etc.
Microsoft Word offers various watermarks and some customization options. We explain them below.
How to add a watermark with predefined text
Once you have your Word document open, go to the tab Design.
Switch to the Design menu area
Among the buttons that appear below, one of them is the button Watermark. click on it.
Click the Watermark button
The menu shows a few examples of watermarks with repeated text: Confidential, Do not copy, Urgent…
Predefined watermarks
If you like one of them, you can click on it and the watermark will be automatically inserted into all pages of the document.
View a watermarked document
How to add a watermark with a personal text
To add a custom text watermark, click again Watermark and then up Custom Watermark.
Click Custom Watermark to change the text
A new tab will appear where you can change the text, its size, font, color and alignment.
You can change the text as you like in a new window
After making any changes you want, click Apply to see how the watermark looks on the document and click OK if you like the changes.
After making the changes you want, click OK
How to add a watermark to an image
Image watermarks are very common in corporate documents. It is customary to place the company logo in the middle of each page. Go back to the button Watermark and click Custom Watermark.
Click Custom Watermark
Choose the option Picture watermark out.
Select the Picture Watermark option
Click on Select Pictureto start the image search.
Choose the Select Picture button
Then click Browseright of From a file.
In the From a File option, click Browser
Now browse your computer for the image you want to use as a watermark. Once you’ve selected it, click Insert.
Browse your PC for the image and click Insert
You can resize (scale) and choose whether you want to discolor them or not. This second option is very important because the image must have very light tones to avoid overlapping between the text and the watermark. After that you click Apply (take over) to preview the image, and click OKto place the image throughout the document.
Click OK and the watermark will be reinserted
The image watermark has now been inserted.
Final view of the document with an inserted image as a watermark
The watermark is always placed behind the text in all sheets and you can only change it from the watermark menu.