Inserting a Watermark

YOU LEARNED EARLIER IN THIS CHAPTER that background images do not print, but there may be a very good reason for you to want to include an image on a printed document. You might want to include a company logo in the header or text across the body of the page to indicate that the material is confidential or is still a draft. A graphic that appears behind the text of a printed document, as illustrated in Figure 9-26, is called a watermark.

Figure 9-26. A watermark appears on every page of your printed document.

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The same steps are required to add an image to your header or a watermark to the body of your document. The difference is the size of the graphic. Watermarks should include enough whitespace around the image to force it to fall in the center of your page. In either case, follow these steps.

1.	Choose Insert > Text > Header & Footer from the Ribbon. Excel adds a new Design tab.
2.	Click the Picture button on the Design tab of the Header & Footer Tools (see Figure 9-27). Excel opens the Insert Picture dialog box. Figure 9-27. Adding a watermark to the header. [View full size image]
3.	Select the desired picture from the file list and click Open to add the picture to your worksheet. Excel adds the picture code (&[Picture]) to the centered header selection box.