Turn a Picture Into a Watermark

You can turn a picture, clip art, or a photo into a watermark that you can use to brand or decorate a document.

1. On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Background group, click Watermark.
2. Click Custom Watermark.
3. Click Picture watermark, and then click Select Picture.
4. Select the picture that you want, and then click Insert.
5. Select a percentage under Scale to insert the picture at a particular size
6. Select the Washout check box to lighten the picture so that it doesn’t interfere with text.

The picture that you selected is applied as a watermark to the entire document.

Microsoft Word 2007: Change the author name for documents
Every time you create a new document, Microsoft Office Word sets the Author property based on the User name setting that appears in the Word Options dialog box. The User name setting also provides the name and initials that are displayed in comments and tracked changes.
Change the author name in an existing document
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button point to Prepare, and then click Properties.
2. In the Document Information Panel, type the author name in the Author box.
Note: Changing the Author property in the Document Information Panel of an existing document has no effect on the User name setting in the Word Options dialog box.