Hello Excel experts!

I'm working on a spreadsheet of about 50 pages in Excel 2003.

Ideally, the client would like each page to have a footer with a number
1, 2, 3, etc... in the bottom right hand corner...identifying his
content. These are not page numbers he wants, just a simple numbering
sequence. I can handle THAT part! LOL

What he'd also like is a watermark type of graphic to sit *behind* each
number. For example, let's say that he'd like each number
super-imposed onto a maple leaf background.

I've managed to get the maple leaf background (graphic) to sit on
either side of the inserted number, but not actually to sit "behind"
it. I understand that Excel doesn't have the functionality to mimic
watermarks, but knowing this group, I'm sure there've been some
workarounds discovered!

Any thoughts?

Thanks so much!
Karen

P.S. I also tried inserting the graphic, not directly into the footer,
but just by eye-balling it and inserting it onto the spreadsheet. This
worked great for the 'footer', but threw the rest of the cells in the
body of the page out of alignment.

Try using a custom font that includes the number embedded on the image.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Karen" wrote in message
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Hello Excel experts!

I'm working on a spreadsheet of about 50 pages in Excel 2003.

Ideally, the client would like each page to have a footer with a number
1, 2, 3, etc... in the bottom right hand corner...identifying his
content. These are not page numbers he wants, just a simple numbering
sequence. I can handle THAT part! LOL

What he'd also like is a watermark type of graphic to sit *behind* each
number. For example, let's say that he'd like each number
super-imposed onto a maple leaf background.

I've managed to get the maple leaf background (graphic) to sit on
either side of the inserted number, but not actually to sit "behind"
it. I understand that Excel doesn't have the functionality to mimic
watermarks, but knowing this group, I'm sure there've been some
workarounds discovered!

Any thoughts?

Thanks so much!
Karen

P.S. I also tried inserting the graphic, not directly into the footer,
but just by eye-balling it and inserting it onto the spreadsheet. This
worked great for the 'footer', but threw the rest of the cells in the
body of the page out of alignment.

Good idea, Tom, thanks. I hadn't considered that option!

K