How to Add a Watermark in Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word offers a Watermark feature that adds faint text, images, or logos behind the document content. It appears in a light shade to maintain readability while indicating labels like CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT, URGENT, or SAMPLE.

Use of watermark- It is used to make the document more difficult for the original picture or image to be copied by others or used without permission.

Steps to Add Watermark in our Document

Step 1: On the navigation menu click on the Design option.

Step 2: On the right side of the navigation menu click on the watermark option as shown:

Step 3: A menu will open where you can select different types of watermarks, or also you can create your own watermark.

Step 4: There the three sections in watermark: 

Confidential Section:

Disclaimers Section:

Urgent Section:

Step 5: Select the watermark of your choice or requirement according to your document.

Some different types of watermark are:

1. CONFIDENTIAL
2. DO NOT COPY
3. DRAFT
4. ASAP
5. URGENT
6. SAMPLE

Finally, the watermark is set in our document as shown

Note: You can also select different types of watermarks from the office.com website as shown:

Steps to Create a Watermark in MS Word 

Step 1: On the navigation menu click on Design option.

Step 2: On the right side of the navigation menu click on the watermark option as shown:

Step 3: A menu will open where you can create your own watermark.

Step 4: Now select custom watermark as shown in figure:

Step 5: A printed Watermark dialog box will open.

Step 6: Click on the Text Watermark option as shown in figure:

Step 7: Next select the language of your watermark.

Step 8: Now enter the text of your watermark in the text box as shown in figure:

Step 9: Select the Font of your watermark.

Step 10: Now select the size and color of your watermark.

Step 11: Select the layout option of your choice.

Step 12: Click on Apply and then OK option. 

Finally, our custom watermark is added to your document.

Example:

Steps to Remove a Watermark from a Document

Step 1: Follow the above steps from 1 to 3.

Step 2: Then select the Remove Watermark option as shown in figure:

Finally, the watermark will remove from our document.