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I want to add a background image to a Word document. I'm creating a letterhead and need to drop in an image that was created in Illustrator.

I tried adding it as a background image in Word, but when I resize (or zoom) the Word document, the background isn't resizing along with it.

How can I fix this?

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The Word background image feature is not intended for use in printed documents; rather, it is intended for use in creating web pages with Word (not something I recommend, incidentally.) If you want to have an image in the background, the best solution is probably to insert the image as an image, and use a text box for your text. This will give you more of a "page layout" environment.

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im using word 2010 beta and i dont want the background to be washed out – srisar Mar 20 '10 at 14:26
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What you possibly want is in effect a watermark.

Go to View Header & Footer and insert it there

or other methods for Word 2007, Word 2002 & 2003 or Word 2000 (you don't mention which version you are using)

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