Trying to remove a "watermark"?

First of all, thank you ahead of time for any help you can
give me. I use MS Word 2000 and Internet Explorer. In
the Subject, I put quotes around watemark but I am not
actually sure my problem is a watermark. When I use my
Word software, the words "Top Secret" appear across the
front of my printed page. The previous owner put it
there, but I don't know how, i.e., if its an imported
graphic, from the drawing toolbar or WordArt toolbar. In
Help it did tell me to try to delete from Headers/Footers,
but that does not work, at least not for me.:(
Thank you again. I am job hunting and can't even print
out my resume!! Helen L.

Chuck
Sat Feb 28 18:08:41 CST 2004

If it is a watermark, it may have been added to the normal template.

Do a search (including hidden files) for Normal.dot and delete it. It will
make a brand new normal.dot when you reboot the program.
This may remove it.


"Helen L." <grammu3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:120c01c3fe55$df3b3320$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> First of all, thank you ahead of time for any help you can
> give me. I use MS Word 2000 and Internet Explorer. In
> the Subject, I put quotes around watemark but I am not
> actually sure my problem is a watermark. When I use my
> Word software, the words "Top Secret" appear across the
> front of my printed page. The previous owner put it
> there, but I don't know how, i.e., if its an imported
> graphic, from the drawing toolbar or WordArt toolbar. In
> Help it did tell me to try to delete from Headers/Footers,
> but that does not work, at least not for me.:(
> Thank you again. I am job hunting and can't even print
> out my resume!! Helen L.

Suzanne
Sat Feb 28 18:08:51 CST 2004

This *is* a watermark. If you can see it in Print Preview, then Word is
inserting it. If you can't, it may be selected in the printer driver
instead. If it's in Word, go to View | Header and Footer. With the header
pane open, click on the watermark and press Delete.

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"Helen L." <grammu3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:120c01c3fe55$df3b3320$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> First of all, thank you ahead of time for any help you can
> give me. I use MS Word 2000 and Internet Explorer. In
> the Subject, I put quotes around watemark but I am not
> actually sure my problem is a watermark. When I use my
> Word software, the words "Top Secret" appear across the
> front of my printed page. The previous owner put it
> there, but I don't know how, i.e., if its an imported
> graphic, from the drawing toolbar or WordArt toolbar. In
> Help it did tell me to try to delete from Headers/Footers,
> but that does not work, at least not for me.:(
> Thank you again. I am job hunting and can't even print
> out my resume!! Helen L.

Graham
Sat Feb 28 23:50:51 CST 2004

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm

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Helen L. wrote:
> First of all, thank you ahead of time for any help you can
> give me. I use MS Word 2000 and Internet Explorer. In
> the Subject, I put quotes around watemark but I am not
> actually sure my problem is a watermark. When I use my
> Word software, the words "Top Secret" appear across the
> front of my printed page. The previous owner put it
> there, but I don't know how, i.e., if its an imported
> graphic, from the drawing toolbar or WordArt toolbar. In
> Help it did tell me to try to delete from Headers/Footers,
> but that does not work, at least not for me.:(
> Thank you again. I am job hunting and can't even print
> out my resume!! Helen L.