From Publisher's help

Right-click the picture you want to change.
Click Format Picture.
In the Format Picture dialog box, click the Picture tab.
Under Image control, click Washout in the Color list, and then click Recolor.
In the Recolor Picture dialog box, select the color you want for the watermark.
Click Apply, and then click OK.
In the Format Picture dialog box, select any other options you want, and then
click OK.
On the Arrange menu, point to Order, and then click Send to Back.

Or you could simply use the wash-out from the picture toolbar (looks like a bar
chart).
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"Marvash" wrote in message
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I have done everything. Ctl +T and ctl+M but nothing is working! I have
formatted my picture to be a watermark and the text box above it is
transparent, but all I get in print preview and print are two black lines
around the picture's border. I also tried it in Word but it won't show up on
print preview or print out. I went through all the troubleshooting steps and
still no results. What should I do now?