Adding a watermark to your document is a great way to protect your images from being used without your permission. But unfortunately, there is no such inbuilt feature still available in Google Docs to do this. However, there is a way that you can use alternatively. This guide has a simple approach that may 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 core feature to add a watermark to your document. In this case, you will have to create a background image with the watermark text and add a transparent layer over it. Follow the below suggestions to know it in details:
Open a blank document on Google Docs.
Once it opens, go to the toolbar and select the Insert tab.
From the list, select Drawing > New.
You can add a text box to the drawing canvas and modify it according to the watermark’s requirements.
So, go to the toolbar and click on the Text box icon in the ‘T’ form. As you hover the mouse over this icon, the name appears.
Select the Text box icon and you will see the mouse cursor turns into a plus-sign shape.
Move to the empty area of the canvas, click and drag the mouse to create a text box. The size of the text box depends on you and the requirements of your paper.
After adding the text to your text box, you may adjust it using the Menu option, which is available in the menu bar’s three-dotted line.
Using the More option, you can set the colors of the box’s borders, choose your preferred font, adjust the font size and fill color, and many other things according to your requirements.
To move the text box, simply click on it, hold it, and drag it to the desired location.
To resize the box, click on the little square that appears in the middle of the line and drag it.
You can also rotate the text box to change the look of the watermark. To do this, click and drag the rotation handle at the top of the text box. You will see that the written text also rotates along with the text box.
Thus, if you have completed the proper changes in your text box, click on the Save and Close button so that the change can be brought into effect.
That way, you can see what I created in the above picture. Since it is a watermark, the text must have a super transparent form. That’s why I selected the gray color of the text, which has a much lighter tone.
Insert the Watermark text in Google Docs
Furthermore, Google Docs allows you to add the drawing text to all pages in one go without interrupting the text. To do this, you will have to add your watermark text to either the header or footer area.
To do this, go to the Insert tab > Headers & footers.
From the side menu, you can select either the Header option, the Footer option, or both, depending on your needs.
Once you are in 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 which you need to add as the Watermark, and then click on the Select button.
In the Insert drawings pop-up menu, you will see two options, each with its own radio button. If you want the link to the watermark text saved with your document, select Link to Source. To add the item without a link, go with the second option, Insert unlinked.
Once you create the watermark text, you will see three options when you select the text box: Inline, wrap text, and break text. These options help you adjust the size of the text box so that you can place it as needed.
- Inline – Google Docs by default places the text wrapping to this format. It suggests that the added drawing acts as a part of the text and therefore, it cannot be freely placed on the page
- Wrap Text – If you select this option, the text gets enclosed by all four sides of the watermarked object. And, it has a constant gap between the text and every single boundary of the image.
- Break Text – Selecting this option, you will find that the text gets place above and below the object. It breaks up the sentence into which you inserted it.
That’s it. I hope this guide helps you add a Watermark to your Google Docs document.
