How do I extend watermark to entire left-hand side of page?

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maryann.koman

I am attempting to list names down theleft-hand side of a page as a watermark
for letterhead. I can get 2/3 of the names in, but lose the rest. How can I
extend the area to get all the names in?
 
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Jay Freedman

I'm not sure what causes the 2/3 problem, especially since you didn't say
whether they're being cut off horizontally or vertically. Instead of using
the watermark feature, use a text box as described in
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm under "More complex
letterhead". If desired, you can set the text box wrapping to "Behind text"
and set the font color of its contents to a lighter shade of gray, and it
will behave like a watermark.

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maryann.koman

Thanks so much. The cut off is vertical, but the "setting up letter
templates" is exactly what I need.

Thanks again!
 
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maryann.koman

I was able to accomplish the left-hand side of the page, but it is not
working as a template. When I type text in the body of the letter portion,
it doesn't print out.
How can I 'fix' this?
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

What doesn't print out? The body of the letter or the letterhead? If the
latter, and you've used a text box, make sure that you have "Drawing
objects" checked on the Print tab of Tools | Options.



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maryann.koman

All I get to print is the header/footer/text box. The body of the letter
disappears.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Can you see the body of the letter in Print Preview? Is the body formatted
as Hidden? Is the body ordinary document text or is it in a text box (it
needn't be)?



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maryann.koman

I can see the body of the letter in Print Preview and it is not in the text
box. Also, if I leave the cursor in the body of the letter, the text box
disappears when I print. I'm confused.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Whatever you see in Print Preview (really Print Preview, not Print Layout
view) is what should print.

You should not be able to select the text box (which should be anchored to
the header) and the body of the document at the same time. I'm confused
about what you're doing. Send me a sample doc if you like.



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