Watermarking in Microsoft Word 2010 is an incredibly useful feature for communicating the nature and constraints of a document. The most common examples are to indelibly mark a document as confidential, private or draft. As Word 2010 also allows you to use pictures as a watermark, you can use a company logo or signature picture to help readers know the originator and owner of a document. Here's how to place a watermark on every page in a document.
Word inserts your custom text watermark behind the text. Using Custom Picture Watermarks. If you want to use a picture as a watermark, select the “Picture Watermark” option and then click the “Select Picture” button. You can use a picture file on your computer, search for an image on Bing, or select an image from your OneDrive storage. Watermarks can be a valuable asset to any Microsoft Word document. They help convey the status of a document such as the “Draft” watermark or the importance of the data in the case of a “Confidential” watermark.
Once you have opened your document:-. Click on the Page Layout tab. In the ribbon, click on Watermark. A vertical scroll list of six watermarks will appear (Confidential, Do Not Copy, Draft, Sample, ASAP and Urgent). Select the watermark that you wish to use. The standard textual watermarks provided by Microsoft Word 2010 are good for the majority of occasions. However, you may wish to use the watermark for other purposes such as to brand every page using special text, with an emblem, or company logo picture.
Microsoft Word 2010, enables you to insert customised texts and pictures for watermarks. Here's how: To create a watermark using a picture or customised text. Click on Page Layout tab. In the ribbon, click on Watermark. A vertical scroll list of six watermarks will appear with a set of menu options below. From the menu options, select Custom Watermark.
The Printed Watermark dialogue box will appear asking you whether you would like to use a picture or customise the text. In the Printed Watermark dialogue box, we will use the customised text option. Select the Text drop down to see if the customised text already exists in the library. If not, type your own text. Experiment with the font, font size, colour, layout and transparency to see what looks best for your document. Tip: Avoid using a dark colour with no transparency as it will cause readability problems as shown in our comparison.
Watermarks are a useful feature in Word, especially when letting readers know whether a document is purely a draft document and so will need editing, or whether the document is confidential and the information not to be disclosed.
When sharing a Microsoft Word Document with other individuals, you may have the need to notate that the document is a Draft, Confidential, or Not To Be Copied. With the use of a Watermark in your Microsoft Word Document, you can select from a variety of predefined watermarks, or you can create your own custom watermark. The watermark will then appear faintly in the background on every page of your document, except for the title page.