How to Insert Background Image in Word | On All Pages, On One Page or Different Image On Each Page

In this video I demonstrate how to insert a background image in a Microsoft Word document. This image can appear on part of the page or full-page.
This video covers two methods for achieving a background image in your Microsoft Word document. Method one uses the watermark feature and method two uses the document header.
Background images can be made to appear on all pages or specific pages. For example you may only want your background image to appear on the first page of your document. This video also shows you how to insert different background images on different pages.
Table of Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:11 - Watermark method
04:10 - Header method
06:07 - Background image on first page only
07:17 - Different background image on each page
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[@stewartandersen1534]

Thank you very much, Chester! I literally spent around 4 hours trying to deal with the background image as most of the information on the web seems to be outdated/suitable for other versions of Word. You explained it just perfectly and the second method is the most manageable in my opinion. I appreciate the effort! Keep it up!

[@ProperZen]

Bless you! Unlocked the mystery around a background image in a Word template and got me going again. I kept fitzing around with the "picture/watermark" ribbon. I would have never thought to look in the header.

[@Glaubermoledo]

Thank you so much!

[@philnasmith9755]

Many thanks, Chester. A very clear explanation.

[@knowledgehub3423]

excellent | Thanks a lot.

[@annawicklund7499]

thank you!

[@FERNANDAKT]

Thank you so much. You have saved my job as I had no idea how to do it.

[@wayneedmondson1065]

Looks good! Thanks for demonstrating. Thumbs up!!

[@olenaoleary7218]

Very good tutorial! You covered a lot. Simple and easy!

[@oluwakemiedet-utan4703]

Thank you for this! Very helpful and detailed.

[@Malik_Shahwaiz_Ahmad]

Thanks dear dir helping me sir jazakallah 💞

[@sonnyguacena9807]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@lenorafields774]

Very easy to follow. Thank you!

[@ByDesignLA]

Thanks a lot been trying to have a different branded image on the following pages, and finally found how.

[@AbigailLuna-mb2ht]

Thanks so much for showing us so many ways to do it!

[@mickeyoberabor]

Thanks once again for the explainer

[@RRMSWISS]

Thank you for this video, it's very useful!

[@bipasharay13]

Thank you sir for all these tutorials 🙂easy to learn

[@kulwinderdeol9834]

Thank you so much, i was struggling from 2 hours😤

[@relax3649]

Helpful, saved me!

[@mickeyoberabor]

You are a great tutor. Please make more clips on ms word, sheet and excel thanks

[@tehreemkhan8979]

thanks so much - this was brilliant

[@shobhna03]

Thank your so much! Very well explained!👍 it saved a lot of time!!

[@pazzy4501]

Well done Chester 👌, a brilliant explanation that covered all aspects, keep up the good work 👍

[@andusgroup2317]

Ofcourse! But thanks for a great tutorial. Simple and perfect speed.

[@derejemiti5641]

very useful presentation, tnx!!!

[@memop12]

Very helpful, thanks a lot💗

[@ereclau]

Very helpful. Thank you so much! 👏🤗

[@ChesterTugwell]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TopçuTV]

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[@shacelw5720]

thanks 🙂

[@abbasm.9731]

thank you

[@MrDelighi9]

Thank you for the amazing tutorial. I have one question. Is there any way that I can use the page format that I can see whilst im editing the background image. I want it to be black with a white logo in the middle which is how it appears when im editing the picture but as soon as I close the headers and footers section it turns into a grey colour that I am not looking for. I would like to use the template that is active once im editing the page format not the one that is created when I close the headers and footers.

[@beckiereaster1530]

This was great, except for one issue. I have an extra blank page at the end of my document that I cannot delete due to the Section Break (Next Page) at the bottom of the previous (actual last page). If I delete that mark up, it deletes the backgound image on the true last page.

[@inga3449]

Thank you🙏, how to erase it if I change my mind

[@wannurdanish6317]

it works but the text that i wrote form a box. It is automatic. How to make the text blend in with the watermark ?

[@Vincent-yn2qz]

any idea how to remove thw washout, yea its has a box with a option but its still washed, and can't kind it anywhere

[@elzo_smid]

what format does the picture need to be? jpeg, png, pdf?

[@ifrahjannat9453]

Why image get lighter how to set it I don't want light color image as bg

[@Nathan_Akers]

is there a way to do this but to NOT have the image be washed out/greyed out. full colored

[@wattosdeal]

I used Design tab > Page Background > click Page Color > click Fill Effects to color the background, which filled the entire page as wanted. When I print the page, it tiles the background instead of printing what I see on the screen, one single background. Any idea how to print the page and not tile the background fill effect?

[@pragati__dhami]

I’m unable to do the unlinking parts.

[@nuggethoe2903]

Why does my pic look lighter even though i did the header method

[@Dmidnightmachine]

great tutorial, it's too bad Microsoft Word is absolutely horrible.