Save the document as a DOCX file using File > Save As.However, the document is still an XML file. Find the XML document in your folder and open it using Word (NOT a text editor).Save the XML document, then close the text editor.You’ll end up with string=”” once you’ve deleted the watermark word(s).
Delete the watermark word(s) inside the quote marks.For example: string=”draft” or string=”confidential”. Search (Ctrl+F in most cases) for your watermark word(s) surrounded by double quote marks and prefaced by string=.Place your cursor at the beginning of the file.Open the XML document you created in Step 2.You’ll now have two docs listed in your folder-one with a DOCX file extension, and one with an XML extension. Save the document as an XML document: File > Save As and choose XML Document from the list of file types.(Always work on a copy to test something you’ve never tried before or aren’t confident doing.)
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Update March 2019: See below for the steps for saving as XML and deleting it that way. NOTE: Make a copy of your document and work on the copy. Update February 2013: If the watermark still won’t delete, trying saving the document as XML - see Amy’s instructions in the Comments (), and the following update immediately below.
Watermarks have always been stored as part of the header in Word, so: Word 2007 document with a stubborn ‘DRAFT’ watermark that won’t budge, despite going to the section and trying to remove it the usual way ( Page Layout tab > Watermark > Remove Watermark). Here’s one I solved for a work colleague… Problem
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