Can I have a conditional watermark?

Jane C · External Since: Oct 27, 2009 Posts: 2

Hi, I've searched for an answer to this on various forums but can't find
anything. Is it possible to make a watermark conditional on the value of a
field or bookmark? I.e. I have a document status, which is bookmarked. If
the contents of the bookmark are "Draft", I'd like a text DRAFT watermark to
appear. When the document status is changed to Final, I'd like the watermark
to disappear automatically. I don't want to use VBA, and I'm using Word 2003
running on XP.

Thanks.

Greg Maxey · External Since: Feb 01, 2009 Posts: 57

Jane C,

Yes. Well almost. Something will have to trigger the change. Simply
typing "Final" in the bookmark "Status" [Final] range won't do it.

You can create an AutoText entry of your Watermark. Call it myWatermark.
Insert some nested fields in the header:

{ IF {REF Status}="Draft"{AutoText myWatermark}""}

Provided "Update Fields" is set in your printer options then toggling
through Print Preview will trigger the update. Otherwise your users will
have to click in the header, CTRL+a (select all) and update fields (F9).

Jane C wrote:
> Hi, I've searched for an answer to this on various forums but can't
> find anything. Is it possible to make a watermark conditional on the
> value of a field or bookmark? I.e. I have a document status, which
> is bookmarked. If the contents of the bookmark are "Draft", I'd like
> a text DRAFT watermark to appear. When the document status is changed
> to Final, I'd like the watermark to disappear automatically. I don't
> want to use VBA, and I'm using Word 2003 running on XP.
>
> Thanks.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

Jane C · External Since: Oct 27, 2009 Posts: 2

Hey that's very cool, thanks Greg.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

> Jane C,
>
> Yes. Well almost. Something will have to trigger the change. Simply
> typing "Final" in the bookmark "Status" [Final] range won't do it.
>
> You can create an AutoText entry of your Watermark. Call it myWatermark.
> Insert some nested fields in the header:
>
> { IF {REF Status}="Draft"{AutoText myWatermark}""}
>
> Provided "Update Fields" is set in your printer options then toggling
> through Print Preview will trigger the update. Otherwise your users will
> have to click in the header, CTRL+a (select all) and update fields (F9).
>
>
> Jane C wrote:
> > Hi, I've searched for an answer to this on various forums but can't
> > find anything. Is it possible to make a watermark conditional on the
> > value of a field or bookmark? I.e. I have a document status, which
> > is bookmarked. If the contents of the bookmark are "Draft", I'd like
> > a text DRAFT watermark to appear. When the document status is changed
> > to Final, I'd like the watermark to disappear automatically. I don't
> > want to use VBA, and I'm using Word 2003 running on XP.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> --
> Greg Maxey
>
> See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
> for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.
>
>
> .
>