Ive always done this in PowerPoint and then transferred the picture to Word. There are probably easier ways to do it but try this. Paste the picture into PPT (any blank slide) Type what you want inside the box size it rotate it to a diagonal set the color etc. Use a black (very dense) font such as Arial Black.* Select both the picture and the right click Save As Picture and then choose your format (JPG is likely the easiest though PNG offers slightly higher quality at the cost of taking up more space if you have to send the document to someone). If you do this a lot with a standard (e.g. For Position Only or FPO) save the as a picture (.PNG). Now insert the picture into a slide go to Format 2 Transparency select a level of transparency and save it again italic as a picture in PNG format italic (you can save it right over the original). Now whenever you want to watermark a photo you can simply insert your watermark over the photo and re-save it and youll have a transparent watermark. You can do all of the above in Word but it considerably moreplex positioning the various items. ____________n*I won argue that Arial Black is anything other than ugly. But it reasonably useful for watermarking.