How to Add a Watermark in Google Docs?
Adding a watermark to your document is a great way to protect your images from being used without your permission. Unfortunately, however, no integrated functionality is yet available in Google Docs to do this. However, there is a way that you can use alternately. In this guide, there is a simple approach that can help you add a watermark in Google Docs easily. So let’s get started.
How to insert a watermark in Google Docs
Google Docs has no basic functionality for adding a watermark to your document. In this case, you will need to create a background image with the watermark text and add a transparent layer to it. Follow the suggestions below to find out in detail:
Open a blank document on Google Docs.
Once it opens, go to the toolbar and select the Insert tongue.
From the list, select Drawing > New.
On the drawing canvas, you can add a text box and modify it as required by the watermark.
So go to the toolbar and click on the text box icon available in the “T” form. When you hover over this icon, the name is displayed.
Select the text box icon and you will see the mouse cursor turn into a plus sign.
Go to the blank canvas area, click and drag the mouse to create a text box. How large the text box should be, it all depends on you and the requirements of your paper.
After adding the text in your text box, you can adjust it using the Menu option. This option is available on the three-point line of the menu bar.
Using the Plus option, you can define the colors of the box borders, choose your preferred font, adjust the font size, the fill color and many other things according to your needs.
To move the text box, simply click on it, hold it down, and then drag it to the desired location.
To resize the box, you must click on the small square that appears in the middle of the line, then drag it.
You can also rotate the text box to change the appearance of the watermark. To do this, simply click and drag the available rotation handle at the top of the text box. You will see that the written text also rotates with the text box.
So if you’ve made the appropriate changes in your text box, click the Save and close for the change to take effect.
This way you can see in the image above what I have created. Since this is a watermark, the text should have a super transparent shape. This is why I selected the gray color of the text which has a much lighter tone.
Insert the watermark text in Google Docs
Additionally, Google docs allows you to add the design text to all of your pages at once, without interrupting the text. To do this, you will need to add your watermark text in the header or footer area.
To do this, go to Insert tab> Headers and footers.
In the side menu, you can either select the Header option, the Footer option, or both as required.
Once you are on the respective section of the Google docs document, click on the Insert tab> Drawing > From Drive.
When you are on the next page, select the item you want to add as a watermark, then click the To select button.
in the Insert drawings pop-up menu, you will see two options with each one having its own radio button. If you want the link to the watermark text to be saved with your document, then select Link to source. And, to add the element without link, choose the second option, that is to say Insert without link.
Once you have created the watermark text, you will see three options when you select the text box. These are – Inline, Wrap Text and Break Text. These options help you adjust the size of the text box so that you can place them as needed.
- Online – Google Docs places text wrapping in this format by default. It suggests that the added drawing is part of the text and therefore cannot be placed freely on the page.
- Wrap text – If you select this option, the text is surrounded by the four sides of the watermark object. And, there is a constant gap between the text and each border of the image.
- Cut text – By selecting this option, you will see that the text is placed above and below the object. It breaks down the sentence in which you inserted it.
That’s it. I hope this guide can help you add a watermark to your Google Docs document.