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I want to use a watermark that is only partially washedout. It is too dark
if not washed out and too light if washed out. Is it possible to vary the amount of fading or washout? thank you |
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:22:02 -0700, LJA
wrote: I want to use a watermark that is only partially washedout. It is too dark if not washed out and too light if washed out. Is it possible to vary the amount of fading or washout? thank you A "watermark" is nothing more or less than a picture whose anchor is in the header pane. The watermark designation is just a way for Word to make it easy to insert one. After it's there, you can modify it like any other picture. These directions are for Word 2003 or earlier. The idea is similar for Word 2007 but the tools are in different places. Open the header pane (double-click in the header area, or use View Header) and select the watermark. You'll see a floating Picture toolbar. Click the Increase Contrast button and the Decrease Brightness button until the picture has the appearance you want. Then double-click in the body of the text to close the header pane. In Word 2007, there are Brightness and Contrast buttons on the Picture Tools Format ribbon that appears when the picture is selected. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Thanks so much! I have 2007. When I played with contrast and brightness,
the white background became grey. Anything I can do about that? thanks again - this site is great! Louise "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:22:02 -0700, LJA wrote: I want to use a watermark that is only partially washedout. It is too dark if not washed out and too light if washed out. Is it possible to vary the amount of fading or washout? thank you A "watermark" is nothing more or less than a picture whose anchor is in the header pane. The watermark designation is just a way for Word to make it easy to insert one. After it's there, you can modify it like any other picture. These directions are for Word 2003 or earlier. The idea is similar for Word 2007 but the tools are in different places. Open the header pane (double-click in the header area, or use View Header) and select the watermark. You'll see a floating Picture toolbar. Click the Increase Contrast button and the Decrease Brightness button until the picture has the appearance you want. Then double-click in the body of the text to close the header pane. In Word 2007, there are Brightness and Contrast buttons on the Picture Tools Format ribbon that appears when the picture is selected. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Word's image manipulation tools aren't very sophisticated, so there isn't
much you can do there to fix the background. I'd suggest that you get a good graphics editor (for example, try the free Paint.net from http://www.getpaint.net/) and modify a copy of the original picture until it looks the way you want. Then insert that into Word's header without any "watermark" contrast or brightness adjustments. LJA wrote: Thanks so much! I have 2007. When I played with contrast and brightness, the white background became grey. Anything I can do about that? thanks again - this site is great! Louise "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:22:02 -0700, LJA wrote: I want to use a watermark that is only partially washedout. It is too dark if not washed out and too light if washed out. Is it possible to vary the amount of fading or washout? thank you A "watermark" is nothing more or less than a picture whose anchor is in the header pane. The watermark designation is just a way for Word to make it easy to insert one. After it's there, you can modify it like any other picture. These directions are for Word 2003 or earlier. The idea is similar for Word 2007 but the tools are in different places. Open the header pane (double-click in the header area, or use View Header) and select the watermark. You'll see a floating Picture toolbar. Click the Increase Contrast button and the Decrease Brightness button until the picture has the appearance you want. Then double-click in the body of the text to close the header pane. In Word 2007, there are Brightness and Contrast buttons on the Picture Tools Format ribbon that appears when the picture is selected. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Before changing the brightness and contrast, change the Color setting from
Washout to Automatic. -- 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. "LJA" wrote in message ... Thanks so much! I have 2007. When I played with contrast and brightness, the white background became grey. Anything I can do about that? thanks again - this site is great! Louise "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:22:02 -0700, LJA wrote: I want to use a watermark that is only partially washedout. It is too dark if not washed out and too light if washed out. Is it possible to vary the amount of fading or washout? thank you A "watermark" is nothing more or less than a picture whose anchor is in the header pane. The watermark designation is just a way for Word to make it easy to insert one. After it's there, you can modify it like any other picture. These directions are for Word 2003 or earlier. The idea is similar for Word 2007 but the tools are in different places. Open the header pane (double-click in the header area, or use View Header) and select the watermark. You'll see a floating Picture toolbar. Click the Increase Contrast button and the Decrease Brightness button until the picture has the appearance you want. Then double-click in the body of the text to close the header pane. In Word 2007, there are Brightness and Contrast buttons on the Picture Tools Format ribbon that appears when the picture is selected. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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