All You Need to Know about Watermarks in Microsoft Word 2013/2016

Watermarks in documents are usually used in business and office applications. You can use them to mark documents, for example, not yet finished as DRAFT, or secret as CONFIDENTIAL.

Of course, Word allows you to insert watermarks into documents. You can even configure by changing the text, color, font. You can also insert your own picture as a watermark.

Table of Contents

• Insert Watermark on all pages
• Insert Watermark on a specific page
• Remove a Watermark
• Insert custom Watermark
  • Customize text
  • Customize picture

Insert Watermark on all pages

1. In Design tab click Watermark button.

   

2. Choose any watermark you like and click on it.

Insert Watermark on a specific page

1. Go to page in your document where you want to insert the watermark.

2. In Design tab click Watermark button.

   

3. Right click watermark and choose Insert at Current Document Position.

   

Remove a Watermark

1. In Design tab click Watermark button.

   

2. At the bottom of the watermark window click Remove Watermark

   

Insert custom Watermark

1. In Design tab click Watermark button.

   

2. At the bottom of the watermark window click Custom Watermark

   

Customize text

3. Click on Text watermark option. Here you can change the Text that will be shown, font, size, color etc.

   

Customize picture

4. Click on Picture watermark option then Select Picture button. This will allow you to select image from disk or search the web using Bing Image Search