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How to lock background?
Hi,
Can someone help a desperate swede? =) I need to know how I can lock the picture (gif-format) that I have inserted into a Word document? I´m making the companys stationary paper and I would like this picture - used as background, to be locked, so no one can delete it. When it´s locked, it would be able to wright ordinary text in the document or do I always need to use the Text box? Can some one help me? Thank you! |
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Answer: How to lock background?
Hi there! I'd be happy to help you with that.
To lock a picture in a Word document, you can follow these steps:
Your picture is now locked in place and cannot be deleted or moved. You can still add text over the picture by typing it in as usual. You do not need to use a text box.
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There is no method of preventing someone from deleting a graphic from a
document that cannot be worked around. Your best bet is to insert the graphic (with its layout property set to 'behind text') in the appropriate page header(s), which will prevent accidental deletion. You don't need a text box. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Kirsten wrote: Hi, Can someone help a desperate swede? =) I need to know how I can lock the picture (gif-format) that I have inserted into a Word document? I´m making the companys stationary paper and I would like this picture - used as background, to be locked, so no one can delete it. When it´s locked, it would be able to wright ordinary text in the document or do I always need to use the Text box? Can some one help me? Thank you! |
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Kirsten wrote:
Hi, Can someone help a desperate swede? =) I need to know how I can lock the picture (gif-format) that I have inserted into a Word document? I´m making the companys stationary paper and I would like this picture - used as background, to be locked, so no one can delete it. When it´s locked, it would be able to wright ordinary text in the document or do I always need to use the Text box? Can some one help me? Thank you! There is a feature (Format Background Printed Watermark Picture Watermark) that may do what you want, but it seems that many printer drivers are unable to handle it properly and print many small copies of the picture instead of one large copy. It's often better to use a different approach. Insert the picture while the cursor is in the header pane. Format its text wrapping as "Behind Text". It will then appear on every page, and you won't need a text box or anything else in order to type ordinary text. The theory and detailed steps for this are discussed in http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm. There are variations; for example, if you want the picture to appear only on the first page, you can set up the document layout for "Different first page" and insert the picture in the first-page header. Note that this does not make it so that "no one can delete it" -- it merely makes it easy to create and edit ordinary text without the chance of accidentally deleting the background picture. To select the picture in order to delete it, you have to open the header pane first, which is not something that happens without deliberate action. -- 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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How to lock background?
Thank you for your fast reply! However - The background is a big object with
the same size as the paper, A4. This means that if I put it in the head page, it takes up the whole space and then I can´t wright on it anyway - unless I insert a Text Box. But this seems to be the best way. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Kirsten wrote: Hi, Can someone help a desperate swede? =) I need to know how I can lock the picture (gif-format) that I have inserted into a Word document? I´m making the companys stationary paper and I would like this picture - used as background, to be locked, so no one can delete it. When it´s locked, it would be able to wright ordinary text in the document or do I always need to use the Text box? Can some one help me? Thank you! There is a feature (Format Background Printed Watermark Picture Watermark) that may do what you want, but it seems that many printer drivers are unable to handle it properly and print many small copies of the picture instead of one large copy. It's often better to use a different approach. Insert the picture while the cursor is in the header pane. Format its text wrapping as "Behind Text". It will then appear on every page, and you won't need a text box or anything else in order to type ordinary text. The theory and detailed steps for this are discussed in http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm. There are variations; for example, if you want the picture to appear only on the first page, you can set up the document layout for "Different first page" and insert the picture in the first-page header. Note that this does not make it so that "no one can delete it" -- it merely makes it easy to create and edit ordinary text without the chance of accidentally deleting the background picture. To select the picture in order to delete it, you have to open the header pane first, which is not something that happens without deliberate action. -- 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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"Kirsten" wrote in message
... Thank you for your fast reply! However - The background is a big object with the same size as the paper, A4. This means that if I put it in the head page, it takes up the whole space and then I can´t wright on it anyway - unless I insert a Text Box. But this seems to be the best way. The key bit that - I think - you're missing from Jay's instructions is that you place the image in the header. Select the header by clicking on it, paste your image and the image will be, effectively, part of the header although it will cover the whole page. Then right click on the image, select Format Picture Layout Wrapping style Behind Text. Close the header and you'll be able to type over the image. HTH -- PeterMcC If you feel that any of the above is incorrect, inappropriate or offensive in any way, please ignore it and accept my apologies. |
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I will try again. =)
"PeterMcC" wrote: "Kirsten" wrote in message ... Thank you for your fast reply! However - The background is a big object with the same size as the paper, A4. This means that if I put it in the head page, it takes up the whole space and then I can´t wright on it anyway - unless I insert a Text Box. But this seems to be the best way. The key bit that - I think - you're missing from Jay's instructions is that you place the image in the header. Select the header by clicking on it, paste your image and the image will be, effectively, part of the header although it will cover the whole page. Then right click on the image, select Format Picture Layout Wrapping style Behind Text. Close the header and you'll be able to type over the image. HTH -- PeterMcC If you feel that any of the above is incorrect, inappropriate or offensive in any way, please ignore it and accept my apologies. |
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How to lock background?
And I'll repeat Jay's reference to
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm, which explains all this. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Kirsten" wrote in message ... I will try again. =) "PeterMcC" wrote: "Kirsten" wrote in message ... Thank you for your fast reply! However - The background is a big object with the same size as the paper, A4. This means that if I put it in the head page, it takes up the whole space and then I can´t wright on it anyway - unless I insert a Text Box. But this seems to be the best way. The key bit that - I think - you're missing from Jay's instructions is that you place the image in the header. Select the header by clicking on it, paste your image and the image will be, effectively, part of the header although it will cover the whole page. Then right click on the image, select Format Picture Layout Wrapping style Behind Text. Close the header and you'll be able to type over the image. HTH -- PeterMcC If you feel that any of the above is incorrect, inappropriate or offensive in any way, please ignore it and accept my apologies. |
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