How to add watermarks
Word
2016
This tip describes how to add watermark text or picture.
![Watermark in Word 2016 Watermark in Word 2016](/images/tips/14_2016/6.png)
To add a watermark, follow these steps:
1. On the Design tab, in the Page Background group, click Watermark:
![Page Background in Word 2016 Page Background in Word 2016](/images/tips/14_2016/1.png)
2. Do one of the following:
- Click a predesigned watermark, such as Confidential or Do Not Copy, in the gallery of
watermarks:
- Click Custom Watermark... to open the Printed Watermark dialog box:
- Select Text watermark checkbox.
- Type the text that you want in the Text box.
- Format the text that you want and how you want.
- Click OK.
3. To view a watermark as it will appear on the printed page, use Print preview:
- If you don't see the watermark applied, click Print Layout in the Views group on the
View tab. This also shows how the printed watermark will look:
- On the File tab, select Print:
![Print Watermark Word 2016 Print Watermark Word 2016](/images/tips/14_2016/5.png)
See also this tip in French: Comment ajouter des filigranes.