Add the watermark

1. Open a new, blank PowerPoint file.

2. On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture.
3. Browse to the photograph that you want to add a watermark to, click the photograph, and
then click Insert.
4. On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click WordArt, and then click the text style that you
want to use for your watermark.
5. Select the watermark, and then drag it to the position that you want.
6. Select the text inside the watermark, and then type the text that you want to use.

Format the watermark

1. Click the watermark to select it.
2. On the Drawing Tools tab, click the WordArt Styles Dialog Box Launcher.
3. Click Text Fill, choose the color that you want, and then set the Transparency slider to 80
percent.
4. Click Text Outline, choose the color that you want for the outline, and then set the
Transparency slider to 75 percent.
5. And any other effects that you want, such as a shadow or a three-dimensional effect, and
then click OK.

Save the watermarked photograph

1. Press CTRL+A to select the WordArt and the photograph, and then click the Picture
Tools tab.
2. In the Arrange group, click Group, and then click Group.
3. Right-click the photograph, click Save as Picture, and save the watermarked photograph
with a new name.

Quickly add a watermark to another photograph

1. In PowerPoint, select the photograph that has the watermark.
2. On the Picture Tools tab, in the Arrange group, click Group, and then click Ungroup.
3. Select only the picture, and then press DELETE.
4. On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture.
5. Browse to a new picture, click it, and then click Insert.
Note If you dont see your watermark, click Send Backward in the Arrange group on the Picture
Tools tab.
6. Press CTRL+A to select the WordArt and the photograph, and then click Group in the
Arrange group.
7. Right-click the photograph, click Save as Picture, and save the watermarked photograph
with a new name.