Word

"Letters are missing in my watermark when I print"

Quick Reference: How to print all the letters in your watermark

Remove the 'semitransparent' setting from the watermark.

Does your watermark in Word look fine on screen, but print as "D AFT" instead of "DRAFT"? Or "CON IDE TI L"?

This problem seems to occur sporadically, and it depends on the printer you're using.

The solution is: Format > Background > Printed Watermark. Now, un-tick the Semitransparent box, as shown in the screen shot below:

Figure 1: To ensure that your watermark prints on all printers, un-tick the "Semitransparent" box.

You might not have a problem printing the watermark. But what if you send the document to someone else?

Let's say you're a consultant, and you send a draft of a report to a client. You don't know whether the client will be able to print the watermark properly. So good advice is to un-tick the Semitransparent box on all watermarks if you might ever have to send the document to someone else.

This page was written especially for Liza.