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Printing Your Work 10
To insert a vertical page-break line, move the cell pointer to the cell that will begin the new page, but in this
case, make sure that you place the pointer in row 1. Choose Page Layout ➪ Page Setup ➪ Breaks ➪ Insert
Page Break to create the page break.
Removing page breaks you’ve added
To remove a manual page break, move the cell pointer to the first row beneath (or the first column to the
right) of the manual page break and then choose Page Layout ➪ Page Setup ➪ Breaks ➪ Remove Page
Break.
To remove all manual page breaks in the worksheet, choose Page Layout ➪ Page Setup ➪ Breaks ➪ Reset
All Page Breaks.
Using a background image
Would you like to have a background image on your printouts? Unfortunately, you can’t. You may have
noticed the Page Layout ➪ Page Setup ➪ Background command. This button displays a dialog box that lets
you select an image to display as a background. Placing this control among the other print-related commands
is very misleading. Background images placed on a worksheet are never printed.
In lieu of a background image, you can insert a Shape, WordArt, or a picture on your worksheet
and then adjust its transparency. Then copy the image to all printed pages. Alternatively,
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you can insert an object in a page header or footer. See the sidebar titled, “Inserting a Watermark.”
Inserting a Watermark
Awatermark is an image (or text) that appears on each printed page. A watermark can be a faint company
logo, or a word such as DRAFT. Excel doesn’t have an official command to print a watermark, but you
can add a watermark by inserting a picture in the page header or footer. Here’s how to do it.
1. Locate an image on your hard drive that you want to use for the watermark.
2. Choose View ➪ Workbook Views ➪ Page Layout View.
3. Click the center section of the header.
4. Choose Header & Footer Tools ➪ Header & Footer Elements ➪ Picture.
5. Using the Insert Picture dialog box, locate the image from Step 1.
6. Click outside of the header to see your image.
7. To center the image in the middle of the page, click the center section of the header and add
some carriage returns before the &[Picture] code. You’ll need to experiment to determine the
number of carriage returns.
8. If you need to adjust the image (for example, make it lighter), click the center section of the
header and then choose Header & Footer Tools ➪ Header & Footer Elements ➪ Format Picture.
Use the Image controls in the Picture tab of the Format Picture dialog box to adjust the image. You
may need to experiment with the settings to make sure that the worksheet text is legible.
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