I set a text watermark in a document but subsequently decided that I didn't
want it. I therefore removed it - and it went away as expected. All ok so far.
I then inserted the document at the end of another document - and the
watermark re-appeared. When I look at 'background / watermark', it thinks
that there isn't one there. Even if I toggle round the radio buttons to turn
it on and then off again, the original watermark remains in the document.
HOW CAN I GET RID OF IT ONCE AND FOR ALL?????

View | Header and Footer. Select the watermark and press Delete.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Fishpond777" wrote in message
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I set a text watermark in a document but subsequently decided that I
didn't
want it. I therefore removed it - and it went away as expected. All ok so
far.
I then inserted the document at the end of another document - and the
watermark re-appeared. When I look at 'background / watermark', it thinks
that there isn't one there. Even if I toggle round the radio buttons to
turn
it on and then off again, the original watermark remains in the document.
HOW CAN I GET RID OF IT ONCE AND FOR ALL?????

I had the same problem. Even though I had no watermark selected it was still
there, but, only on some pages. I thought I had finally cleared it when
Icreated a new document and copied the text it went away. Then I copied a
header from the old document and it was back. I read in an April 15 reponse
it might be in the header, so I selected the header, then went back to the
back to the format/printed background an made sure it it had no watermark. I
got back into the header and it was still on the page. I accidently double
clicked in the header and WordArt appeard with the DRAFT in the text. I
replaced it with a blank space and the draft went away. In hind sight I
should have deleted the header an seen if it would have gone. So if you have
a header or footer, you might try deleting it to see if that get's rid of it.
Ron


"Fishpond777" wrote:

I set a text watermark in a document but subsequently decided that I didn't
want it. I therefore removed it - and it went away as expected. All ok so far.
I then inserted the document at the end of another document - and the
watermark re-appeared. When I look at 'background / watermark', it thinks
that there isn't one there. Even if I toggle round the radio buttons to turn
it on and then off again, the original watermark remains in the document.
HOW CAN I GET RID OF IT ONCE AND FOR ALL?????

Watermarks are always anchored to the header paragraph, whether you create
them manually or using the Format | Background | Printed Watermark dialog in
Word 2002/2003. When you insert section breaks after adding a watermark,
then remove the watermark, it may be removed from only one section. It's
usually easier to remove it manually (using View | Header and Footer, then
selecting and deleting the watermark) than to try to cycle through the
sections with the Format | Background command.

--
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.

"RK-VA" wrote in message
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I had the same problem. Even though I had no watermark selected it was
still
there, but, only on some pages. I thought I had finally cleared it when
Icreated a new document and copied the text it went away. Then I copied a
header from the old document and it was back. I read in an April 15
reponse
it might be in the header, so I selected the header, then went back to the
back to the format/printed background an made sure it it had no watermark.
I
got back into the header and it was still on the page. I accidently double
clicked in the header and WordArt appeard with the DRAFT in the text. I
replaced it with a blank space and the draft went away. In hind sight I
should have deleted the header an seen if it would have gone. So if you
have
a header or footer, you might try deleting it to see if that get's rid of
it.
Ron


"Fishpond777" wrote:

I set a text watermark in a document but subsequently decided that I
didn't
want it. I therefore removed it - and it went away as expected. All ok
so far.
I then inserted the document at the end of another document - and the
watermark re-appeared. When I look at 'background / watermark', it
thinks
that there isn't one there. Even if I toggle round the radio buttons to
turn
it on and then off again, the original watermark remains in the
document.
HOW CAN I GET RID OF IT ONCE AND FOR ALL?????