[lja]

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

[Jay Freedman]

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.

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Jay Freedman
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[lja]

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.

[Jay Freedman]

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.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Before changing the brightness and contrast, change the Color setting from
Washout to Automatic.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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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.