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  Watermarks

  In its basic form, a watermark in Word is a (faded, semi-transparent) image (may be WordArt) positioned to be behind text.

  Since it is an image, you can move it around, position it,  set wrapping, or resize it using the tools for images.

  If it is to appear on multiple pages it is placed in a header. That is where Word places it if you use the Watermark button.
  

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  • Proposed as answer by George123345 Thursday, December 17, 2015 2:30 AM
  • Edited by Charles Kenyon Friday, December 18, 2015 3:42 PM

  Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:05 PM
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  Hi Artful,

  I agree with Charles, and here is a wizard for Word 2016:

  https://support.office.com/en-sg/article/Insert-a-Watermark-in-Word-2016-for-Windows-502afebf-b5c9-4843-a4bb-db852d7bf065

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  Thursday, December 17, 2015 2:31 AM
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  Charles, thank you sincerely for your reply.

  I am familiar with what a watermark is and how to get it to apply on one or multiple pages.

  My quandary is how to get the water mark to appear on a specific area of the page.

  For example, the lower left hand quadrant of a form I created for my employer.

  Thank you most gratefully,

  Freida, The Artful F.R.O.G.

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  Artful F R O G

  Thursday, December 17, 2015 5:00 PM
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  Hello and thank you George for your assistance and the link. I begin to wish I were a techno geek instead of an artist.

  What I need to find out is how to put the watermark in the lower left hand quadrant of a form I created for my very excessively micro management persnickety boss.

  He adamantly does not want the water mark to fill the back ground of the whole page.

  He wants it to appear only in the left hand quadrant of an invoice form he had me build for him.

  Thank you most sincerely,

  Freida, the Artful F.R.O.G.

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  Artful F R O G

  Thursday, December 17, 2015 5:04 PM
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  If it's a graphical object you're using as a custom watermark, you could just open the header, then use Insert|Picture, select the relevant graphic, then resize & drag it to where you want it to appear.

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  Paul Edstein
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  Friday, December 18, 2015 1:42 AM
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  Go into the header (edit header) that holds the watermark.

  Move your mouse pointer to hover over the watermark.

  That should give you the image tool which will let you move the image. When that is showing, you can click-drag the image where you want it. When you have the image selected, you can also resize it if needed.

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  Charles Kenyon Madison, WI

  Friday, December 18, 2015 3:37 PM
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  He adamantly does not want the water mark to fill the back ground of the whole page.

  He wants it to appear only in the left hand quadrant of an invoice form he had me build for him.

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  So, go into the header. Select the Watermark. Using your mouse, move it to where you want it the same as you would with any other graphical element.

  If you want to be able to re-use this in other documents, select it, press Alt+F3, save it as a Watermark Building Block.

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  Charles Kenyon Madison, WI

  • Proposed as answer by Melon ChenMicrosoft contingent staff Wednesday, January 6, 2016 9:06 AM
  • Marked as answer by Melon ChenMicrosoft contingent staff Wednesday, January 6, 2016 9:06 AM

  Friday, December 18, 2015 3:45 PM