Hi Kimmie,

I just typed the code directly into the post so it is possible I made a
mistake. I have just cut and pasted it into a module and found I needed to
declare the variables (because I have Option xplicit). I also found out it's
case sensitive and I got the case worng but this works for me ...

Sub DeleteWatermark()
Dim s As Section
Dim h As HeaderFooter
Dim f As HeaderFooter
Dim w As Shape
For Each s In ActiveDocument.Sections
For Each h In s.Headers
For Each w In h.Shapes
If Left(w.Name, 18) = "PowerPlusWaterMark" Then
w.Delete
End If
Next
Next
For Each f In s.Footers
For Each w In f.Shapes
If Left(w.Name, 18) = "PowerPlusWaterMark" Then
w.Delete
End If
Next
Next
Next
End Sub

If you get any more errors can you post back with what they are?

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Kimmie B" wrote in message
...
Sorry: No it didn't. It produced a syntax compile error.

Tony, I'm terribly impressed with both the level of expertise and the
kindness of strangers who offer help with these off-the-wall questions.
Thank you so much for taking the time to offer a suggestion.

k

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

Sorry, I have tried to understand these things but so far failed and
that's
my best shot at the moment

Did it do anything at all?

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Kimmie B" wrote in message
...
Thanks very much for the suggestion Tony. As you say, I'm wrestling a
strange, complicated beast. I could not get the code below to work,
but I
certainly thank you for your time and consideration.

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

Watermarks produced by Format Background Watermark are strange
beasts
and I'm not sure you're going to be able to do this at all but
something
along these lines might switch them off ...

For each s in activedocument.sections
For each h in s.headers
For each w in h.shapes
If left(w.name,18) = "PowerPlusWatermark" then
w.delete
End if
Next
Next
For each f in s.footers
For each w in f.shapes
If left(w.name,18) = "PowerPlusWatermark" then
w.delete
End if
Next
Next
Next

I don't know about inserting them.

--
^K}
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Hi Kimmie,

To answer this, we're going to have to dig deeper into how this
particular document is set up. If it's what I think it is, the
macro
is going to need some fairly major surgery. That's not unusual for
a
recorded macro -- I wrote a whole page on the topic
(http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...ordedMacro.htm)
and
barely scratched the surface.

The first issue is the watermark vs. the other graphic in the
header.
If the other graphic is in-line instead of floating, this won't be
a
problem. An easy way to tell the difference is to open the header
area
and click once on the graphic. If the "handles" in the corners and
edges of the graphic are black, it's in-line; if they're circles
with
white centers, and there's a green handle above the graphic, then
it's
floating.

The way this works in a macro is that floating graphics belong to
the
Shapes collection, while in-line ones belong to the InlineShapes
collection. They're completely separate groups, so deleting any
Shape
(which would be the watermark) won't touch any InlineShape.

If both the watermark and the other graphic are floating Shapes,
then
there's a problem, because it's hard for the macro to know which
one
is Shapes(1) and which is Shapes(2). It still might be possible,
by
checking the value of the Type property of the Shape, but I hope
to
avoid the need for that.

The second issue is the first page vs. other pages thing. There
are
basically two ways this could happen, and you'll have to tell me
which
is correct in your document. Look in the File Page Setup
Layout
dialog and tell me whether the "Different odd and even" option is
checked. If not, the other way is if there's a section break
between
pages 1 and 2, with headers that are not marked "Same As
Previous", so
they can be different. (I'm betting on the odd/even situation.)

Instead of passing these hints back and forth, it might be quicker
if
you can email a copy of the document (template?) to me.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:16:28 -0800, Kimmie B
wrote:

Ah, I think we're getting somewhere.

Jay, I'm hoping you can indeed pick up where Cindy left off, and
I
thank
you
in advance for the intellect that you apply to this problem.

Here's a wrinkle: I have a graphic in the header of page 1,
which I
don't
want to delete, of course. The macro deleted the watermark from
the
FIRST
page, but not subsequent pages. Oddly, the macro did not delete
the
graphic
in the header of the first page.

I replaced the offending line of code with Jay's suggested code.
Here's
how
it looks with Jay's line replacing the error-producing line:

Sub watermark()
'
' watermark Macro
' Macro recorded 3/10/2006 by Kimmie B
'
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Range.Select
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView =
wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
Selection.HeaderFooter.Shapes(1).Select
Selection.Delete
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument
End Sub


So the question now is this: How do I edit this macro code so
that
it 1)
keeps the graphic in the first page header, and 2) removes the
watermark
on
the first and subsequent pages?

Thanks very much,

Kimmie



"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi ?B?S2ltbWllIEI=?=,

First of all, "what Jay said" :-)

Is there a way to know the object name for Word 2003's DRAFT
watermark? If
so, I'll see if I can manipulate the VB script to find it.

You can get the name, and set the name, for a Shape using
Word's
object
model.
For example, if the Shape is selected:

MsgBox Selection.ShapeRange.Name
Selection.ShapeRange.Name = "MyDraf****ermark"

It's possible for you to assing a name when the Shape is
created/inserted.
Things can get tricky, though, when working with the
HeaderFooter
area,
which
is why I hesitate to just show you some sample code. I'd rather
base it
on the
code you're already using, but unfortunately you haven't copied
that
into any
of your messages. OTOH, this is the last time I'll be on-line
for
some
10
days... So I hope Jay will jump back in and clear things up if
I
confuse you
:-) (Please note that the better place to ask macro questions
is a
word.vba
newsgroup or developer, as you'll find more people there
conversant
with what
you need.)

Dim shp as Word.Shape
Set shp = ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddPicture(arguments go
here)
shp.Name = "MyDraf****ermark"

The important thing is to 1. declare the object variable (Dim x
as
Shape),
then 2. set it to the Shape you're creating, no matter which
ADD
method
you're
using on the Shapes collection. Once you do that, you can
change
all
kinds of
things about the Shape, including the name.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8
2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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