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Cannot print background
using win xp / word 2002
1. Have chosen a background in web layout and want to print the document displaying the background. Printer wil not print it - just get normal white background. Have tried watermark command but cannot track down the background i want inside the files and folders - also watermark does not cover full page when i test how watermark works with another image i chose. How do i execute the printing of a word document with a background? Thanks for taking a look at my question. Dave |
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Cannot print background
Hi Dave
threademporium wrote: using win xp / word 2002 1. Have chosen a background in web layout and want to print the document displaying the background. Printer wil not print it - just get normal white background. Have tried watermark command but cannot track down the background i want inside the files and folders - also watermark does not cover full page when i test how watermark works with another image i chose. How do i execute the printing of a word document with a background? Web backgrounds are inherently non-printable. [You wouldn't want the fancy graphical background of a webpage to print.] You need to create the watermark differently. I don't have a Word 2002 to test here, but what you can do in all versions is anchor a picture in the header or footer. HTH Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Cannot print background
As Robert has indicated "Backgrounds" are intended for Web pages only, not
for printed documents. In Word 2003, an option was added to print "Background colors and images," but the only way to do this in Word 2002 is to save the document as a Web page, open it in a browser, and print it from there, after changing the browser print settings to include backgrounds. To avoid this workaround, instead of using a background, you can use the Printed Watermark option in Format | Background, but you have found that you can't get the desired background this way. Aside from Picture (which is the same for Printed Watermark), the fill options in Background are the same as those offered for fill in AutoShapes. So create your own background as follows: 1. View | Header and Footer. 2. Draw a rectangle covering the entire page. 3. Fill it with the desired color, gradient, texture, etc. 4. Set its wrapping to Behind Text. Note that your printer probably won't be able to print the background clear to the edge, as all printers (even photo printers) have some minimum unprintable area at full-page size.. -- 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. "threademporium" wrote in message ... using win xp / word 2002 1. Have chosen a background in web layout and want to print the document displaying the background. Printer wil not print it - just get normal white background. Have tried watermark command but cannot track down the background i want inside the files and folders - also watermark does not cover full page when i test how watermark works with another image i chose. How do i execute the printing of a word document with a background? Thanks for taking a look at my question. Dave |
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