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wasm0001 6/30/2006 9:02 AM PST
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  I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a watermark in
the Word Help section do not remove it.
 
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CyberTaz 6/30/2006 9:44 AM PST
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  Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have been used.

Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff & press
Delete.

If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind Text'
wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select Objects tool (white
arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select the item &
delete it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
> document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a watermark
> in
> the Word Help section do not remove it.


 
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jelyho 5/9/2008 9:12 AM PST
   
  That didn't work for me.
When I copied and pasted into a new document, the "draft" came with the text.

"CyberTaz" wrote:

> Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
> Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have been used.
>
> Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff & press
> Delete.
>
> If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind Text'
> wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select Objects tool (white
> arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select the item &
> delete it.
> --
> HTH |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
> "wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3E09B47B-BAE9-4DC5-8007-7448BC568B54@microsoft.com...
> >I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
> > document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a watermark
> > in
> > the Word Help section do not remove it.
>
>
>
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill 5/9/2008 9:46 AM PST
   
  I don't see that Bob said anything about copying and pasting. What did you
copy and paste? If you copied the entire document, including the final
paragraph mark, then of course you brought the header (and watermark) along.

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

"jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA5892B2-5CAF-44B0-B8E4-426AA97095F4@microsoft.com...
> That didn't work for me.
> When I copied and pasted into a new document, the "draft" came with the
> text.
>
> "CyberTaz" wrote:
>
>> Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
>> Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have been
>> used.
>>
>> Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff & press
>> Delete.
>>
>> If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind Text'
>> wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select Objects tool
>> (white
>> arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select the item
>> &
>> delete it.
>> --
>> HTH |:>)
>> Bob Jones
>> [MVP] Office:Mac
>>
>> "wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3E09B47B-BAE9-4DC5-8007-7448BC568B54@microsoft.com...
>> >I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
>> > document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a
>> > watermark
>> > in
>> > the Word Help section do not remove it.
>>
>>
>>
>


 
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jelyho 5/11/2008 7:22 AM PST
   
  Sorry, that was two separate thoughts.

I followed the directions for the removal of the watermark. That did not
work. Then, on the off chance that the watermark was part of the header, I
tried the instructing for the header, and that did not work, since it wasn't
part of the header.

Currently, the document still has the watermark, even though
Format>Background>Watermark is set to "No Watermark".

I am currently copying and pasting the 200 pages into a new document to
avoid having the watermark in the background. {on the plus side, that is
letting me do a final proofread paragraph by paragraph}.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> I don't see that Bob said anything about copying and pasting. What did you
> copy and paste? If you copied the entire document, including the final
> paragraph mark, then of course you brought the header (and watermark) along.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EA5892B2-5CAF-44B0-B8E4-426AA97095F4@microsoft.com...
> > That didn't work for me.
> > When I copied and pasted into a new document, the "draft" came with the
> > text.
> >
> > "CyberTaz" wrote:
> >
> >> Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
> >> Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have been
> >> used.
> >>
> >> Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff & press
> >> Delete.
> >>
> >> If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind Text'
> >> wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select Objects tool
> >> (white
> >> arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select the item
> >> &
> >> delete it.
> >> --
> >> HTH |:>)
> >> Bob Jones
> >> [MVP] Office:Mac
> >>
> >> "wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3E09B47B-BAE9-4DC5-8007-7448BC568B54@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
> >> > document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a
> >> > watermark
> >> > in
> >> > the Word Help section do not remove it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
 
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Graham Mayor 5/11/2008 7:56 AM PST
   
  Aatermark is essentially a graphic with its layout option set behind the
text. It is usually placed in the header view so that it appears on each
page, but it could be separately placed on each page. Either way you can
select it using the white arrow pointer on the drawing toolbar.

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<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
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My web site www.gmayor.com
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<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>


jelyho wrote:
> Sorry, that was two separate thoughts.
>
> I followed the directions for the removal of the watermark. That did
> not work. Then, on the off chance that the watermark was part of the
> header, I tried the instructing for the header, and that did not
> work, since it wasn't part of the header.
>
> Currently, the document still has the watermark, even though
> Format>Background>Watermark is set to "No Watermark".
>
> I am currently copying and pasting the 200 pages into a new document
> to avoid having the watermark in the background. {on the plus side,
> that is letting me do a final proofread paragraph by paragraph}.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> I don't see that Bob said anything about copying and pasting. What
>> did you copy and paste? If you copied the entire document, including
>> the final paragraph mark, then of course you brought the header (and
>> watermark) along.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EA5892B2-5CAF-44B0-B8E4-426AA97095F4@microsoft.com...
>>> That didn't work for me.
>>> When I copied and pasted into a new document, the "draft" came with
>>> the text.
>>>
>>> "CyberTaz" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
>>>> Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have
>>>> been used.
>>>>
>>>> Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff &
>>>> press Delete.
>>>>
>>>> If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind
>>>> Text' wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select
>>>> Objects tool (white
>>>> arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select
>>>> the item &
>>>> delete it.
>>>> --
>>>> HTH |:>)
>>>> Bob Jones
>>>> [MVP] Office:Mac
>>>>
>>>> "wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:3E09B47B-BAE9-4DC5-8007-7448BC568B54@microsoft.com...
>>>>> I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my
>>>>> Word document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or
>>>>> a watermark
>>>>> in
>>>>> the Word Help section do not remove it.


 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill 5/11/2008 8:02 AM PST
   
  A true watermark is nothing more or less than a graphic anchored to the page
header and formatted as Behind Text. When you use Format | Background |
Printed Watermark, you are using a Word feature that makes it easy to insert
such a graphic without being fully aware of what you're doing. When you do
this, the watermark *is* anchored to the header.

If your document has (or comes to have) more than one section, you may be
unable to remove the watermark from every section using the Printed
Watermark dialog, but you should still be able to remove it by opening the
header in each section, clicking on the graphic, and pressing Delete.

If the graphic is not anchored to the header, then it must be anchored to
text on the page (as unlikely as that seems). If that's the case, then you
need to select the Select Objects tool on the Drawing toolbar and use it to
select the graphic, then delete, but this would presumably have to be
repeated for every page. Although it is beyond comprehension that someone
would create a watermark this way, if it is not anchored to the header, then
it much be anchored to each page, and copy/pasting one page at a time would
not get rid of it.

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

"jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9D700E38-67B1-45B8-ADE2-E2F232E2C5BF@microsoft.com...
> Sorry, that was two separate thoughts.
>
> I followed the directions for the removal of the watermark. That did not
> work. Then, on the off chance that the watermark was part of the header,
> I
> tried the instructing for the header, and that did not work, since it
> wasn't
> part of the header.
>
> Currently, the document still has the watermark, even though
> Format>Background>Watermark is set to "No Watermark".
>
> I am currently copying and pasting the 200 pages into a new document to
> avoid having the watermark in the background. {on the plus side, that is
> letting me do a final proofread paragraph by paragraph}.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> I don't see that Bob said anything about copying and pasting. What did
>> you
>> copy and paste? If you copied the entire document, including the final
>> paragraph mark, then of course you brought the header (and watermark)
>> along.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EA5892B2-5CAF-44B0-B8E4-426AA97095F4@microsoft.com...
>> > That didn't work for me.
>> > When I copied and pasted into a new document, the "draft" came with the
>> > text.
>> >
>> > "CyberTaz" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
>> >> Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have been
>> >> used.
>> >>
>> >> Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff & press
>> >> Delete.
>> >>
>> >> If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind
>> >> Text'
>> >> wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select Objects tool
>> >> (white
>> >> arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select the
>> >> item
>> >> &
>> >> delete it.
>> >> --
>> >> HTH |:>)
>> >> Bob Jones
>> >> [MVP] Office:Mac
>> >>
>> >> "wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:3E09B47B-BAE9-4DC5-8007-7448BC568B54@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
>> >> > document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a
>> >> > watermark
>> >> > in
>> >> > the Word Help section do not remove it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>


 
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Carol S Butler 11/18/2008 6:00 AM PST
   
  I had a problem with a watermark or background text (I didn't know which it
was) that I could not remove. Finally, I 'viewed header and footer', clicked
on 'show/hide document text' to remove the main text and then the 'watermark'
appeared on it's own and I clicked on this and deleted it and it was gone
from the whole document. I then clicked on 'show/hide document text' again
to bring back the main text. I really hope this helps someone, as I found it
soooo frustrating!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> A true watermark is nothing more or less than a graphic anchored to the page
> header and formatted as Behind Text. When you use Format | Background |
> Printed Watermark, you are using a Word feature that makes it easy to insert
> such a graphic without being fully aware of what you're doing. When you do
> this, the watermark *is* anchored to the header.
>
> If your document has (or comes to have) more than one section, you may be
> unable to remove the watermark from every section using the Printed
> Watermark dialog, but you should still be able to remove it by opening the
> header in each section, clicking on the graphic, and pressing Delete.
>
> If the graphic is not anchored to the header, then it must be anchored to
> text on the page (as unlikely as that seems). If that's the case, then you
> need to select the Select Objects tool on the Drawing toolbar and use it to
> select the graphic, then delete, but this would presumably have to be
> repeated for every page. Although it is beyond comprehension that someone
> would create a watermark this way, if it is not anchored to the header, then
> it much be anchored to each page, and copy/pasting one page at a time would
> not get rid of it.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9D700E38-67B1-45B8-ADE2-E2F232E2C5BF@microsoft.com...
> > Sorry, that was two separate thoughts.
> >
> > I followed the directions for the removal of the watermark. That did not
> > work. Then, on the off chance that the watermark was part of the header,
> > I
> > tried the instructing for the header, and that did not work, since it
> > wasn't
> > part of the header.
> >
> > Currently, the document still has the watermark, even though
> > Format>Background>Watermark is set to "No Watermark".
> >
> > I am currently copying and pasting the 200 pages into a new document to
> > avoid having the watermark in the background. {on the plus side, that is
> > letting me do a final proofread paragraph by paragraph}.
> >
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >
> >> I don't see that Bob said anything about copying and pasting. What did
> >> you
> >> copy and paste? If you copied the entire document, including the final
> >> paragraph mark, then of course you brought the header (and watermark)
> >> along.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> Words into Type
> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >>
> >> "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:EA5892B2-5CAF-44B0-B8E4-426AA97095F4@microsoft.com...
> >> > That didn't work for me.
> >> > When I copied and pasted into a new document, the "draft" came with the
> >> > text.
> >> >
> >> > "CyberTaz" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
> >> >> Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have been
> >> >> used.
> >> >>
> >> >> Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff & press
> >> >> Delete.
> >> >>
> >> >> If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind
> >> >> Text'
> >> >> wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select Objects tool
> >> >> (white
> >> >> arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select the
> >> >> item
> >> >> &
> >> >> delete it.
> >> >> --
> >> >> HTH |:>)
> >> >> Bob Jones
> >> >> [MVP] Office:Mac
> >> >>
> >> >> "wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:3E09B47B-BAE9-4DC5-8007-7448BC568B54@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
> >> >> > document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a
> >> >> > watermark
> >> >> > in
> >> >> > the Word Help section do not remove it.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
 
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1977Dooley 11/20/2008 2:22 PM PST
   
  Thankyou thankyou!!
I was having the same problem today as jelyho and tried everything, and this
was my last resort and worked. Cheers.

"Carol S Butler" wrote:

> I had a problem with a watermark or background text (I didn't know which it
> was) that I could not remove. Finally, I 'viewed header and footer', clicked
> on 'show/hide document text' to remove the main text and then the 'watermark'
> appeared on it's own and I clicked on this and deleted it and it was gone
> from the whole document. I then clicked on 'show/hide document text' again
> to bring back the main text. I really hope this helps someone, as I found it
> soooo frustrating!
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > A true watermark is nothing more or less than a graphic anchored to the page
> > header and formatted as Behind Text. When you use Format | Background |
> > Printed Watermark, you are using a Word feature that makes it easy to insert
> > such a graphic without being fully aware of what you're doing. When you do
> > this, the watermark *is* anchored to the header.
> >
> > If your document has (or comes to have) more than one section, you may be
> > unable to remove the watermark from every section using the Printed
> > Watermark dialog, but you should still be able to remove it by opening the
> > header in each section, clicking on the graphic, and pressing Delete.
> >
> > If the graphic is not anchored to the header, then it must be anchored to
> > text on the page (as unlikely as that seems). If that's the case, then you
> > need to select the Select Objects tool on the Drawing toolbar and use it to
> > select the graphic, then delete, but this would presumably have to be
> > repeated for every page. Although it is beyond comprehension that someone
> > would create a watermark this way, if it is not anchored to the header, then
> > it much be anchored to each page, and copy/pasting one page at a time would
> > not get rid of it.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >
> > "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:9D700E38-67B1-45B8-ADE2-E2F232E2C5BF@microsoft.com...
> > > Sorry, that was two separate thoughts.
> > >
> > > I followed the directions for the removal of the watermark. That did not
> > > work. Then, on the off chance that the watermark was part of the header,
> > > I
> > > tried the instructing for the header, and that did not work, since it
> > > wasn't
> > > part of the header.
> > >
> > > Currently, the document still has the watermark, even though
> > > Format>Background>Watermark is set to "No Watermark".
> > >
> > > I am currently copying and pasting the 200 pages into a new document to
> > > avoid having the watermark in the background. {on the plus side, that is
> > > letting me do a final proofread paragraph by paragraph}.
> > >
> > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> > >
> > >> I don't see that Bob said anything about copying and pasting. What did
> > >> you
> > >> copy and paste? If you copied the entire document, including the final
> > >> paragraph mark, then of course you brought the header (and watermark)
> > >> along.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > >> Words into Type
> > >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > >>
> > >> "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:EA5892B2-5CAF-44B0-B8E4-426AA97095F4@microsoft.com...
> > >> > That didn't work for me.
> > >> > When I copied and pasted into a new document, the "draft" came with the
> > >> > text.
> > >> >
> > >> > "CyberTaz" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
> > >> >> Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have been
> > >> >> used.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff & press
> > >> >> Delete.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind
> > >> >> Text'
> > >> >> wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select Objects tool
> > >> >> (white
> > >> >> arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select the
> > >> >> item
> > >> >> &
> > >> >> delete it.
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> HTH |:>)
> > >> >> Bob Jones
> > >> >> [MVP] Office:Mac
> > >> >>
> > >> >> "wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> >> news:3E09B47B-BAE9-4DC5-8007-7448BC568B54@microsoft.com...
> > >> >> >I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
> > >> >> > document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a
> > >> >> > watermark
> > >> >> > in
> > >> >> > the Word Help section do not remove it.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
 
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Boomer 11/28/2008 1:24 PM PST
   
 

"Carol S Butler" wrote:

> I had a problem with a watermark or background text (I didn't know which it
> was) that I could not remove. Finally, I 'viewed header and footer', clicked
> on 'show/hide document text' to remove the main text and then the 'watermark'
> appeared on it's own and I clicked on this and deleted it and it was gone
> from the whole document. I then clicked on 'show/hide document text' again
> to bring back the main text. I really hope this helps someone, as I found it
> soooo frustrating!
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > A true watermark is nothing more or less than a graphic anchored to the page
> > header and formatted as Behind Text. When you use Format | Background |
> > Printed Watermark, you are using a Word feature that makes it easy to insert
> > such a graphic without being fully aware of what you're doing. When you do
> > this, the watermark *is* anchored to the header.
> >
> > If your document has (or comes to have) more than one section, you may be
> > unable to remove the watermark from every section using the Printed
> > Watermark dialog, but you should still be able to remove it by opening the
> > header in each section, clicking on the graphic, and pressing Delete.
> >
> > If the graphic is not anchored to the header, then it must be anchored to
> > text on the page (as unlikely as that seems). If that's the case, then you
> > need to select the Select Objects tool on the Drawing toolbar and use it to
> > select the graphic, then delete, but this would presumably have to be
> > repeated for every page. Although it is beyond comprehension that someone
> > would create a watermark this way, if it is not anchored to the header, then
> > it much be anchored to each page, and copy/pasting one page at a time would
> > not get rid of it.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >
> > "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:9D700E38-67B1-45B8-ADE2-E2F232E2C5BF@microsoft.com...
> > > Sorry, that was two separate thoughts.
> > >
> > > I followed the directions for the removal of the watermark. That did not
> > > work. Then, on the off chance that the watermark was part of the header,
> > > I
> > > tried the instructing for the header, and that did not work, since it
> > > wasn't
> > > part of the header.
> > >
> > > Currently, the document still has the watermark, even though
> > > Format>Background>Watermark is set to "No Watermark".
> > >
> > > I am currently copying and pasting the 200 pages into a new document to
> > > avoid having the watermark in the background. {on the plus side, that is
> > > letting me do a final proofread paragraph by paragraph}.
> > >
> > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> > >
> > >> I don't see that Bob said anything about copying and pasting. What did
> > >> you
> > >> copy and paste? If you copied the entire document, including the final
> > >> paragraph mark, then of course you brought the header (and watermark)
> > >> along.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > >> Words into Type
> > >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > >>
> > >> "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:EA5892B2-5CAF-44B0-B8E4-426AA97095F4@microsoft.com...
> > >> > That didn't work for me.
> > >> > When I copied and pasted into a new document, the "draft" came with the
> > >> > text.
> > >> >
> > >> > "CyberTaz" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
> > >> >> Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have been
> > >> >> used.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff & press
> > >> >> Delete.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind
> > >> >> Text'
> > >> >> wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select Objects tool
> > >> >> (white
> > >> >> arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select the
> > >> >> item
> > >> >> &
> > >> >> delete it.
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> HTH |:>)
> > >> >> Bob Jones
> > >> >> [MVP] Office:Mac
> > >> >>
> > >> >> "wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> >> news:3E09B47B-BAE9-4DC5-8007-7448BC568B54@microsoft.com...
> > >> >> >I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
> > >> >> > document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a
> > >> >> > watermark
> > >> >> > in
> > >> >> > the Word Help section do not remove it.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
 
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Boomer 11/28/2008 1:25 PM PST
   
  Thank you sooo much! I've spent my afternoon trying to get rid of a
watermark that only appeared on some pages. Fortunately I found your post &
was finally able to remove it!


"Carol S Butler" wrote:

> I had a problem with a watermark or background text (I didn't know which it
> was) that I could not remove. Finally, I 'viewed header and footer', clicked
> on 'show/hide document text' to remove the main text and then the 'watermark'
> appeared on it's own and I clicked on this and deleted it and it was gone
> from the whole document. I then clicked on 'show/hide document text' again
> to bring back the main text. I really hope this helps someone, as I found it
> soooo frustrating!
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > A true watermark is nothing more or less than a graphic anchored to the page
> > header and formatted as Behind Text. When you use Format | Background |
> > Printed Watermark, you are using a Word feature that makes it easy to insert
> > such a graphic without being fully aware of what you're doing. When you do
> > this, the watermark *is* anchored to the header.
> >
> > If your document has (or comes to have) more than one section, you may be
> > unable to remove the watermark from every section using the Printed
> > Watermark dialog, but you should still be able to remove it by opening the
> > header in each section, clicking on the graphic, and pressing Delete.
> >
> > If the graphic is not anchored to the header, then it must be anchored to
> > text on the page (as unlikely as that seems). If that's the case, then you
> > need to select the Select Objects tool on the Drawing toolbar and use it to
> > select the graphic, then delete, but this would presumably have to be
> > repeated for every page. Although it is beyond comprehension that someone
> > would create a watermark this way, if it is not anchored to the header, then
> > it much be anchored to each page, and copy/pasting one page at a time would
> > not get rid of it.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >
> > "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:9D700E38-67B1-45B8-ADE2-E2F232E2C5BF@microsoft.com...
> > > Sorry, that was two separate thoughts.
> > >
> > > I followed the directions for the removal of the watermark. That did not
> > > work. Then, on the off chance that the watermark was part of the header,
> > > I
> > > tried the instructing for the header, and that did not work, since it
> > > wasn't
> > > part of the header.
> > >
> > > Currently, the document still has the watermark, even though
> > > Format>Background>Watermark is set to "No Watermark".
> > >
> > > I am currently copying and pasting the 200 pages into a new document to
> > > avoid having the watermark in the background. {on the plus side, that is
> > > letting me do a final proofread paragraph by paragraph}.
> > >
> > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> > >
> > >> I don't see that Bob said anything about copying and pasting. What did
> > >> you
> > >> copy and paste? If you copied the entire document, including the final
> > >> paragraph mark, then of course you brought the header (and watermark)
> > >> along.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > >> Words into Type
> > >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > >>
> > >> "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:EA5892B2-5CAF-44B0-B8E4-426AA97095F4@microsoft.com...
> > >> > That didn't work for me.
> > >> > When I copied and pasted into a new document, the "draft" came with the
> > >> > text.
> > >> >
> > >> > "CyberTaz" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
> > >> >> Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have been
> > >> >> used.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff & press
> > >> >> Delete.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind
> > >> >> Text'
> > >> >> wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select Objects tool
> > >> >> (white
> > >> >> arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select the
> > >> >> item
> > >> >> &
> > >> >> delete it.
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> HTH |:>)
> > >> >> Bob Jones
> > >> >> [MVP] Office:Mac
> > >> >>
> > >> >> "wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> >> news:3E09B47B-BAE9-4DC5-8007-7448BC568B54@microsoft.com...
> > >> >> >I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
> > >> >> > document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a
> > >> >> > watermark
> > >> >> > in
> > >> >> > the Word Help section do not remove it.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
 
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Carol Webb 12/3/2008 7:33 AM PST
   
  Thank you so, so much for this it worked! I was getting so frustrated with it.
Carol

"Carol S Butler" wrote:

> I had a problem with a watermark or background text (I didn't know which it
> was) that I could not remove. Finally, I 'viewed header and footer', clicked
> on 'show/hide document text' to remove the main text and then the 'watermark'
> appeared on it's own and I clicked on this and deleted it and it was gone
> from the whole document. I then clicked on 'show/hide document text' again
> to bring back the main text. I really hope this helps someone, as I found it
> soooo frustrating!
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > A true watermark is nothing more or less than a graphic anchored to the page
> > header and formatted as Behind Text. When you use Format | Background |
> > Printed Watermark, you are using a Word feature that makes it easy to insert
> > such a graphic without being fully aware of what you're doing. When you do
> > this, the watermark *is* anchored to the header.
> >
> > If your document has (or comes to have) more than one section, you may be
> > unable to remove the watermark from every section using the Printed
> > Watermark dialog, but you should still be able to remove it by opening the
> > header in each section, clicking on the graphic, and pressing Delete.
> >
> > If the graphic is not anchored to the header, then it must be anchored to
> > text on the page (as unlikely as that seems). If that's the case, then you
> > need to select the Select Objects tool on the Drawing toolbar and use it to
> > select the graphic, then delete, but this would presumably have to be
> > repeated for every page. Although it is beyond comprehension that someone
> > would create a watermark this way, if it is not anchored to the header, then
> > it much be anchored to each page, and copy/pasting one page at a time would
> > not get rid of it.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >
> > "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:9D700E38-67B1-45B8-ADE2-E2F232E2C5BF@microsoft.com...
> > > Sorry, that was two separate thoughts.
> > >
> > > I followed the directions for the removal of the watermark. That did not
> > > work. Then, on the off chance that the watermark was part of the header,
> > > I
> > > tried the instructing for the header, and that did not work, since it
> > > wasn't
> > > part of the header.
> > >
> > > Currently, the document still has the watermark, even though
> > > Format>Background>Watermark is set to "No Watermark".
> > >
> > > I am currently copying and pasting the 200 pages into a new document to
> > > avoid having the watermark in the background. {on the plus side, that is
> > > letting me do a final proofread paragraph by paragraph}.
> > >
> > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> > >
> > >> I don't see that Bob said anything about copying and pasting. What did
> > >> you
> > >> copy and paste? If you copied the entire document, including the final
> > >> paragraph mark, then of course you brought the header (and watermark)
> > >> along.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > >> Words into Type
> > >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > >>
> > >> "jelyho" <jelyho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:EA5892B2-5CAF-44B0-B8E4-426AA97095F4@microsoft.com...
> > >> > That didn't work for me.
> > >> > When I copied and pasted into a new document, the "draft" came with the
> > >> > text.
> > >> >
> > >> > "CyberTaz" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
> > >> >> Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have been
> > >> >> used.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff & press
> > >> >> Delete.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind
> > >> >> Text'
> > >> >> wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select Objects tool
> > >> >> (white
> > >> >> arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select the
> > >> >> item
> > >> >> &
> > >> >> delete it.
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> HTH |:>)
> > >> >> Bob Jones
> > >> >> [MVP] Office:Mac
> > >> >>
> > >> >> "wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> >> news:3E09B47B-BAE9-4DC5-8007-7448BC568B54@microsoft.com...
> > >> >> >I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
> > >> >> > document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a
> > >> >> > watermark
> > >> >> > in
> > >> >> > the Word Help section do not remove it.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
 
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copperpony 8/26/2009 8:00 AM PST
   
  Thanks so much! I was having a horrible time removing that stupid watermark.
Nothing else was working.
Thanks again!

"CyberTaz" wrote:

> Presumably the 'instructions' you mention are based on the
> Format>Background>Printed Watermark feature, which may not have been used.
>
> Try going to View>Header and Footer, select the unwanted stuff & press
> Delete.
>
> If that doesn't work the stuff may just be a text box with 'Behind Text'
> wrapping applied, in which case you can use the Select Objects tool (white
> arrow on the Drawing Toolbar next to the Draw button) to select the item &
> delete it.
> --
> HTH |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
> "wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3E09B47B-BAE9-4DC5-8007-7448BC568B54@microsoft.com...
> >I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
> > document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a watermark
> > in
> > the Word Help section do not remove it.
>
>
>
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill 6/30/2006 9:48 AM PST
  Answer
  View | Header and Footer. Click on the watermark and press Delete.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"wasm0001" <wasm0001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
> document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a watermark
in
> the Word Help section do not remove it.

 
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TM634 6/19/2008 11:11 AM PST
   
  Try this. Go into Print, Properties, Effects, Watermarks. From there you
will have the option to choose "none" or select anoher watermark.

"wasm0001" wrote:

> I am unable to remove the word "draft" that is watermarked in my Word
> document in light green. The instructions to remove fill or a watermark in
> the Word Help section do not remove it.
 
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