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This wikiHow teaches you how to create and add a watermark or logo to an Excel worksheet file. You can use WordArt word art to create a transparent watermark on the sheet background, or insert a logo image to create letterheads at the top of the page.
Steps
Add WordArt to Sheet Background
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Open the Excel file you want to edit. Proceed to open Microsoft Excel on your computer and double-click the file in the list of saved sheets.
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Click the Insert tab. This button is located between the Home and Page Layout tabs in the upper-right corner of the screen. The Insert toolbar opens at the top of the worksheet.
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Click the WordArt option in the Insert toolbar. This button has an ” A ” icon in italics towards the right. A list of available WordArt styles will appear in the pop-up window.
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Choose a style for the watermark. Click the style that you want to select in the WordArt window that pops up. The new WordArt frame will be inserted into the worksheet.
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Edit the content in the WordArt text frame. Click the text in the WordArt frame and enter the text you want to use as the watermark.
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Right-click the WordArt frame. Right-click options will open in a pop-up menu.
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Choose Format Shape from the right-click menu. A menu of text and shape options will open.
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Select the Spid fill located below the Text fill option. This option allows you to edit the transparency of the art text on the sheet background.
- On Excel 2015 and later, click the Text Options tab at the top of the menu pane to see the Text Fill options.
- On earlier versions, you click the Text Fill option located in the left menu of the Format window. Then click on the Spid tab at the top and choose a color.
- Or you can edit the outline of the text here. No Fill , Spid Fill or Gradient Fill are options for text borders used to change the transparency of the line.
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Increase the Transparency slider to 70%. Click and drag the Transparency slider to the right so that the WordArt watermark becomes relatively transparent against the sheet background.
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Edit the watermark property. You can change the size, position and orientation of the WordArt frame to ensure the watermark fits your personal or work requirements.
- Click and drag the WordArt frame to move the watermark around the sheet.
- Click and move the circular arrow icon at the top of the frame to change the angle and direction of the watermark.
- Double click the text and change the font size in the Home tab if you want to make the watermark bigger or smaller.
Add letterhead logo
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Open the Excel file you want to edit. Proceed to open Microsoft Excel on your computer and double-click the file in the list of saved sheets.
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Click the Insert tab in the upper-left corner of the menu bar, next to the Home button.
- On older versions, you may need to click the View tab.
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Click the Header & Footer button in the Insert toolbar. A header area will be created at the top and a footer at the bottom of the sheet.
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Click the Click to add header area at the top of the sheet. The Design toolbar will appear at the top.
- Depending on the version of Excel, this tag is also called Header & Footer .
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Click Picture located in the toolbar. This option is located next to the Sheet Name button in the Design tab. A new window will appear allowing you to select an image to insert.
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Click Browse to browse through the entire file on the pop-up window.
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Select the icon image you want to insert. Find and click the file located in the pop-up to select it.
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Click the Insert button. The logo will be inserted at the top of the sheet.
- The selected icon will display in the header area at the top of each page.
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