Watermark Error 400

Anonymous
2024-01-25T15:09:27+00:00

All of a sudden, when inserting a picture watermark into MSWord. I am getting this

HTTP Error 400. The size of the request headers is too long..

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-16T04:48:19+00:00

    THIS REALLY WORKS! Have been fighting this for a while

    Thank You

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-15T09:44:53+00:00

    This resolved the issue for me!! Thank you so much!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-02T11:09:47+00:00

    I have a watermark Error 400 on word .

    please infrom to solution.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-01T16:14:16+00:00

    thanks Charles,

    we have worked around the 'watermark' issue itself and got graphics into the documents, however, the fact that we cannot print these docs with the watermark is what's causing us the biggest issue.

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  5. Charles Kenyon 170.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-05-01T14:56:30+00:00

    Hi Mark:

    The thing is, you do not really need the "Watermark" feature at all.

    Watermarks, in Word, are graphics in the header that have a special tag on them to tell Word that they are a Watermark. That tag is used to delete it using the command or to replace it if you add another using the Watermark command. Except when using the Watermark feature, they do not matter.

    You can simply edit the header and add the image yourself, setting it behind text and semi-transparant.

    Yes, text Watermarks, in Word, are graphics. The text is converted into a WordArt graphic and it is treated as a graphic, not as text, for other features in Word.

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