How to insert a watermark in an Excel worksheet

Steps involved in entering a watermark like picture in our Excel worksheet:

Click on the insert tab
Select shapes
Select rectangle
We draw a rectangle around our data
Right click on the rectangle
Select the arrow next to the fill color bucket
Select Picture…
Select a picture of your choice from the My Pictures folder
The picture is inserted
Right click on the picture
Select Format picture..
In the Format Picture window we select fill and then arrange the transparency value to around 81%
Next we click on the Line Color on the left-hand side and select ‘No line’
Now we close the Format Window
The picture covering the data looks like a neat water-mark

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