Watermarks are text or pictures that appear behind document text or that appear on pictures or other images to show copyright. You can use text, WordArt, pictures, even clip art. Pretty much anything can be used as a watermark.

Printed document page with DRAFT watermark

Most of the Office programs, including Publisher, have a way of creating the kind of watermark that appears on each page of a document. But did you know that Publisher is also an excellent choice for adding watermarks to images?

Hydrangea cluster with copyright 2010 watermark

Be sure to check out Leslie's post on watermarks from last September, as well as our templates that use watermarks.

-- Bob deLaubenfels