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| Thread ID: 30031 | 2003-02-09 00:45:00 | Help in putting a faded "Sample Only" behind text in MS Word | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 119468 | 2003-02-09 00:45:00 | I am writing this guide and got to the last stage (almost) where I attach the relevent forms behind each relevent parts of the text throughout the guide . The way that I am doing this is that I have electronic copies of the forms and have copied and Special Pasted each form to a page . In doing this I have changed the form to be an "object", in the sense that MS Word 97 uses the term . Why I have done this is so that I can reduce the size of the form to 90% of the original . Now I want to put large font light gray words (ie Sample Only) behind the text on each form but so that the full text on the forms still shows in front . This means putting one object (the Sample Only) behind the main object ie the reduced form . I have spent close to two hours trying to do this (and many more hours on the forms aspect overall) but have not been able to do . Someone mentioned that it is done as a "watermark" but this does not seem to have worked . I am using Windows ME and MS Word 97 . Help please !! :-( ?:| |
Misty (368) | ||
| 119469 | 2003-02-09 00:53:00 | Have you tried WordArt and then formatting it to appear behind the text? This also works for images/etc CyberChuck |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 119470 | 2003-02-09 01:11:00 | Hi Cyberchuck I used WordArt only at first and had no joy so then I used a text box and inserted the WordArt into it. As i recall it was doing this that made it an object. I used the option of not showing the line around the text box. :| |
Misty (368) | ||
| 119471 | 2003-02-09 01:22:00 | So you formatted the WordArt it to appear behind the text? - I can't really help you out with as to how Word97 does it's formatting considering I use OfficeXP sorry . . however what I do is make the Word Art, Format > WordArt > Appear Behind Text and then stretch it to fit Otherwise check out these links: . dynamicminds . com/portfolio/ktsoln/kt_nf_0006 . htm" target="_blank">www . dynamicminds . com . delta . edu/emptrain/bookworm/t_w97watermark . html" target="_blank">www . delta . edu . greenwichacademy . org/studentlife/intranet/campus/tech_support/training/word_projects/watermark . doc" target="_blank">www . greenwichacademy . org CyberChuck |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 119472 | 2003-02-09 01:24:00 | > www.dynamicminds.com > www.delta.edu > R>www.greenwichacademy.org > h_support/training/word_projects/watermark.doc Strange... I didn't type ... I don't think I did.... Another case for the XFiles ?:| |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 119473 | 2003-02-09 01:27:00 | > > www.dynamicminds.com > > .htm > > www.delta.edu > > tml< > > BR > www.greenwichacademy.org > > campus/tec > > h_support/training/word_projects/watermark.doc > > Strange... > I didn't type ... I don't think I did.... > Another case for the XFiles ?:| Now I know I didn't type in the </a > either... ARGH :( - Case No 1545329 - The errie forum.. Inserts its own HTML Coding :_| |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 119474 | 2003-02-09 01:47:00 | Not sure if this will work in Word 97 as I don't have it installed but I'm sure it's there . Open Word then click Format, Background, Watermark . You could always ( in Word ) type in Watermark in Help as I'm sure this is how you do what you want . |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 119475 | 2003-02-09 02:10:00 | Thanks for those thoughts Elephant - though watermark is not reached in Word 97 through format > background. Instead, the help menu which I had tried before shows to go into header\footer but using this approach does not work with an object ( or I have not been able to discover to date). It only works with a word standard document. Actually i could probably fix the standard electronic forms by going back to square one and putting in the watermark before changing to an object. However I will still have the problem in some cases because I do not have electronic copies of a couple of forms (and leaflets) and have had to scan. I found i could not put the results of the scan straight into word. What I did was to open the scanned document in Internet Explorer and then copy and paste the result to word, which gave an object. Actually I made a slight error before in saying that the WordArt in the text box is an object, whereas it is actually a "picture". This means I am trying to put a picture behind an object !! Thanks Cyberchuck for all the attempts at giving me that particular link - however although the part you did not put in did not seem to make a difference, what was left did not get me to the suggested webpage. I must try your other suggested links. :| |
Misty (368) | ||
| 119476 | 2003-02-09 02:25:00 | A bit of a breakthrough - I have managed to put "Sample Only" behind text in a standard document by using the header and footer - so I will be ok (though have to go back to square one and re-do) for the forms that I have electronic copies for . The main problem of putting the picture behind the object still remains - for the forms that I had to scan . :) a bit happier ! |
Misty (368) | ||
| 119477 | 2003-02-28 09:02:00 | Got there for the scanned forms as well. I found that by only using two dimensional (and not three) and making the WordArt transparent you can see the text underneath through the WordArt. :) |
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