But one option that is easy to miss is the “layout” option at the bottom of the menu. You can also choose to make the text semitransparent. If you chose to use a custom text watermark then you can change things like the font style, font size, and color. You will be able to modify the watermark settings there. If you’ve added your own watermark and need to modify the inserted picture or the custom text watermark option, simply click the Watermark button on the Design tab and choose the Custom Watermark option again. Often watermarks, especially picture watermarks, will require a bit of finesse to get them to appear correctly. You will also note the Remove Watermark button below the Custom Watermark button that lets you delete the watermark that you’ve added to your document. You can also elect to turn the washout option on or off, depending on whether you want your watermark image to be washed out. There you can choose the Picture watermark option then click the Select picture button to locate a picture on your computer that you want to set as your document background. This is going to open a Printed Watermark dialog box that provides some additional watermark options. The option for the picture watermark, or if you want to use custom text for your watermark, can be found by selecting the Custom Watermark option at the bottom of the watermark menu. However, it’s very possible that you need to include a different word, or many you want to use a picture for a watermark instead.
Microsoft Word includes a handful of common words that you might need to use as a watermark in your document.
More Information on How to Insert a Watermark in Word 2016 It’s very possible that Word can use the wrong scaling for images, so after you insert the watermark, click the Scale dropdown menu and pick the desired scale.įor more on adding a watermark in Word, continue to the next section. One other setting to use to customize the watermark (if it’s a picture watermark) is the “Scale” option. If you have chosen to use a picture watermark, such as a company logo, then it’s very possible that this will use a lot of color ink, especially for lengthy documents.
When you watermark a Word document, that watermark is going to be included on the printed copy of your document, and it will repeat on every page. Aside from the default watermark text options like “Confidential” and “Do Not Copy” that appear at the top, there are some other ones like “ASAP” and “Urgent” available if you scroll down.