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Cannot Remove "Draft" Watermark...!!!
I am running Windows XP with MS Word 2003. A while ago I created a word
document and added a "DRAFT" watermark in the background as follows: FORMAT -- BACKGROUND -- PRINTED WATERMARK -- TEXT WATERMARK I now want to remove this watermark, but the obvious route did not work: FORMAT -- BACKGROUND -- PRINTED WATERMARK -- NO WATERMARK To get around the problem I then tried to superimpose another "DRAFT" watermark on top, but this time making it white colour to match the paper and hide the grey draft beneath. This would have worked had the two pieces of text appeared in the same place, but they did not.... I then tried "Copy All" and pasted it onto a new file, but this simply carried the annoying "DRAFT" mark with it. The file has a lot of formatting, tabs, numbering etc, so I am loathed to copy without the formatting. Does anyone have any ideas.....? |
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Rags,
Have you tried to go to the header and footer and remove the watermark there? Luc "Rags" schreef in bericht ... I am running Windows XP with MS Word 2003. A while ago I created a word document and added a "DRAFT" watermark in the background as follows: FORMAT -- BACKGROUND -- PRINTED WATERMARK -- TEXT WATERMARK I now want to remove this watermark, but the obvious route did not work: FORMAT -- BACKGROUND -- PRINTED WATERMARK -- NO WATERMARK To get around the problem I then tried to superimpose another "DRAFT" watermark on top, but this time making it white colour to match the paper and hide the grey draft beneath. This would have worked had the two pieces of text appeared in the same place, but they did not.... I then tried "Copy All" and pasted it onto a new file, but this simply carried the annoying "DRAFT" mark with it. The file has a lot of formatting, tabs, numbering etc, so I am loathed to copy without the formatting. Does anyone have any ideas.....? |
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Hi Luc,
Yes I have - When I initially open up the "Printed Watermark" box in either normal view or header & Footer, the "No Watermark" button is already checked...!!!! Word appears unaware that there is a watermark showing on the screen. "Luc" wrote: Rags, Have you tried to go to the header and footer and remove the watermark there? Luc "Rags" schreef in bericht ... I am running Windows XP with MS Word 2003. A while ago I created a word document and added a "DRAFT" watermark in the background as follows: FORMAT -- BACKGROUND -- PRINTED WATERMARK -- TEXT WATERMARK I now want to remove this watermark, but the obvious route did not work: FORMAT -- BACKGROUND -- PRINTED WATERMARK -- NO WATERMARK To get around the problem I then tried to superimpose another "DRAFT" watermark on top, but this time making it white colour to match the paper and hide the grey draft beneath. This would have worked had the two pieces of text appeared in the same place, but they did not.... I then tried "Copy All" and pasted it onto a new file, but this simply carried the annoying "DRAFT" mark with it. The file has a lot of formatting, tabs, numbering etc, so I am loathed to copy without the formatting. Does anyone have any ideas.....? |
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 01:49:11 -0700, "Rags"
wrote: Hi Luc, Yes I have - When I initially open up the "Printed Watermark" box in either normal view or header & Footer, the "No Watermark" button is already checked...!!!! Word appears unaware that there is a watermark showing on the screen. The watermark is a Word Art-object. If you show headers and footers (View - Headers and footers) you should be able to select it by clicking on it and then delete it. -- Fredrik E. Nilsen |
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Many thanks Frederik - That worked well...!!
Not sure why the "No Watermark" option didn't function properly, but at least I will know for next time. Cheers Rags "Fredrik E. Nilsen" wrote: On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 01:49:11 -0700, "Rags" wrote: Hi Luc, Yes I have - When I initially open up the "Printed Watermark" box in either normal view or header & Footer, the "No Watermark" button is already checked...!!!! Word appears unaware that there is a watermark showing on the screen. The watermark is a Word Art-object. If you show headers and footers (View - Headers and footers) you should be able to select it by clicking on it and then delete it. -- Fredrik E. Nilsen |
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Frederik,
That's what I meant only you explained it better g Luc "Fredrik E. Nilsen" schreef in bericht ... On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 01:49:11 -0700, "Rags" wrote: Hi Luc, Yes I have - When I initially open up the "Printed Watermark" box in either normal view or header & Footer, the "No Watermark" button is already checked...!!!! Word appears unaware that there is a watermark showing on the screen. The watermark is a Word Art-object. If you show headers and footers (View - Headers and footers) you should be able to select it by clicking on it and then delete it. -- Fredrik E. Nilsen |
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You've already gotten the answer you need for today's exercise, but here's a
bit of background: a watermark is no more and no less than a graphic anchored to the page header. Word 2002 and 2003 make it easy to insert a watermark through the Format | Background | Printed Watermark dialog (earlier versions required the relatively cumbersome process described in €œHOW TO: Create a Watermark in Word 97 and in Microsoft Word 2000€ at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211324), but, especially if you introduce section breaks after inserting the watermark, that dialog doesn't always provide a dependable way to remove the watermark. However, with the knowledge that, no matter how you insert it, a watermark is just a graphic anchored to the header, you can always remove it by opening the header of the problem section, selecting the watermark (by clicking on it), and pressing Delete. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Rags" wrote in message ... I am running Windows XP with MS Word 2003. A while ago I created a word document and added a "DRAFT" watermark in the background as follows: FORMAT -- BACKGROUND -- PRINTED WATERMARK -- TEXT WATERMARK I now want to remove this watermark, but the obvious route did not work: FORMAT -- BACKGROUND -- PRINTED WATERMARK -- NO WATERMARK To get around the problem I then tried to superimpose another "DRAFT" watermark on top, but this time making it white colour to match the paper and hide the grey draft beneath. This would have worked had the two pieces of text appeared in the same place, but they did not.... I then tried "Copy All" and pasted it onto a new file, but this simply carried the annoying "DRAFT" mark with it. The file has a lot of formatting, tabs, numbering etc, so I am loathed to copy without the formatting. Does anyone have any ideas.....? |
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