Jim, That was an interesting suggestion and it did work ... somewhat. I chose not to have "washout" and the image is still only about half there (visibility wise). By using the percentage scale I could get it to fill the entire page but it was positevly huge then! Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Poston" <poston@xxxxxxx> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:39 PM Subject: [mso] Re: Colored background in Word > On 31 Jul 2007 at 11:54, Paul Hewitt wrote: > >> If anyone knows how to put a background in a word document without it >> changing to a web page I would love to hear about it. > > Have you tried Format > Background > Printed Watermark > Picture > Watermark? (Word 2003) > > -- > Jim > Poston@xxxxxxxxx > > << It's a ... nice day for a ... white wedding! >> > > > ************************************************************* > You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or > MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the > dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email > address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). > //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso > > To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister > group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow > you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for > FILE SHARING ONLY. > > If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your > email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix > it: > http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm > ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************