Watermarks in Word

Applies To
Word for Microsoft 365 Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac Word 2024 Word 2024 for Mac Word 2021 Word 2021 for Mac Word 2019 Word 2016

A watermark is text or a picture that sits behind your text and pictures, usually faint or washed-out so that it doesn't interfere with what's on the page. Like headers and footers, a watermark usually appears on all the pages of your document, except a cover page.

Note

The best way to work with watermarks is in Word on a laptop or desktop computer, rather than in a web browser or mobile app.

Example of DRAFT watermark on a page with text

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