Publisher 2000

[River]

I have a really nice picture I would like to have put in the background and
insert a poem on top of it. I would like the picture softer/lighter but
still with the original colors. How do I do that? And when I insert the
poem on top of it how do I get the picture to show through?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Do you have an image editing program? You will get better results, however,

View, Go to background (ctrl+m) insert your picture, select the picture, format menu,
click recolor picture, click color, fill effects. Experiment to see if you get the
effect you want. When you are finished, go to foreground (ctrl+m) and see how the
poem appears.

Open help, input watermark, there is a tutorial.