How to lock background?

[Kirsten]

Hi,

Can someone help a desperate swede? =) I need to know how I can lock the
picture (gif-format) that I have inserted into a Word document? I´m making
the companys stationary paper and I would like this picture - used as
background, to be locked, so no one can delete it. When it´s locked, it would
be able to wright ordinary text in the document or do I always need to use
the Text box?

Can some one help me? Thank you!

 

[Graham Mayor]

There is no method of preventing someone from deleting a graphic from a
document that cannot be worked around. Your best bet is to insert the
graphic (with its layout property set to 'behind text') in the appropriate
page header(s), which will prevent accidental deletion. You don't need a
text box.
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[Jay Freedman]

Hi,

Can someone help a desperate swede? =) I need to know how I can lock
the picture (gif-format) that I have inserted into a Word document?
I´m making the companys stationary paper and I would like this
picture - used as background, to be locked, so no one can delete it.
When it´s locked, it would be able to wright ordinary text in the
document or do I always need to use the Text box?

Can some one help me? Thank you!

There is a feature (Format > Background > Printed Watermark > Picture
Watermark) that may do what you want, but it seems that many printer drivers
are unable to handle it properly and print many small copies of the picture
instead of one large copy. It's often better to use a different approach.

Insert the picture while the cursor is in the header pane. Format its text
wrapping as "Behind Text". It will then appear on every page, and you won't
need a text box or anything else in order to type ordinary text.

The theory and detailed steps for this are discussed in
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm.

There are variations; for example, if you want the picture to appear only on
the first page, you can set up the document layout for "Different first
page" and insert the picture in the first-page header.

Note that this does not make it so that "no one can delete it" -- it merely
makes it easy to create and edit ordinary text without the chance of
accidentally deleting the background picture. To select the picture in order
to delete it, you have to open the header pane first, which is not something
that happens without deliberate action.

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Jay Freedman
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[Kirsten]

Thank you for your fast reply! However - The background is a big object with
the same size as the paper, A4. This means that if I put it in the head page,
it takes up the whole space and then I can´t wright on it anyway - unless I
insert a Text Box. But this seems to be the best way.

 

[PeterMcC]

Thank you for your fast reply! However - The background is a big object
with
the same size as the paper, A4. This means that if I put it in the head
page,
it takes up the whole space and then I can´t wright on it anyway - unless
I
insert a Text Box. But this seems to be the best way.

The key bit that - I think - you're missing from Jay's instructions is that
you place the image in the header.

Select the header by clicking on it, paste your image and the image will be,
effectively, part of the header although it will cover the whole page.

Then right click on the image, select Format Picture > Layout > Wrapping
style > Behind Text.

Close the header and you'll be able to type over the image.

HTH

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PeterMcC

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please ignore it and accept my apologies.

 

[Kirsten]

I will try again. =)

The key bit that - I think - you're missing from Jay's instructions is that
you place the image in the header.

Select the header by clicking on it, paste your image and the image will be,
effectively, part of the header although it will cover the whole page.

Then right click on the image, select Format Picture > Layout > Wrapping
style > Behind Text.

Close the header and you'll be able to type over the image.

HTH

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PeterMcC

If you feel that any of the above is incorrect,
inappropriate or offensive in any way,
please ignore it and accept my apologies.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And I'll repeat Jay's reference to
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm, which explains all
this.