How do you change the opacity of an image in MS Word 2007?

Question

I see you can change brightness and contract but is there a way to just change opacity?

As I have an image that I want to make the background.

Answer 1

If you want use image as page background, then better is use as watermark.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP051896401033.aspx

Answer 2

In Office 2003 there is a setting called Washout.

Right click on the image, pick Format Picture. Under Image Control, Color, set the dropdown to Washout.

Washout link

In Office 2007, it looks like they got rid of washout and added Recolor.

Recolor link

Answer 3

In Microsoft Office Word 2010, you could set the recolour option to washout after selecting a picture and it will be transparent.

I think this also works in Microsoft Office Word 2007.

Answer 4

i wound up just changing it in a photo editing program and reimporting it into word