Friday, March 19, 2021

How can we insert an image in the background of our Excel sheet name the two way of inserting an image?

How can we insert an image in the background of our Excel sheet name the two way of inserting an image?

To finish this job, please do with the following steps one by one:

1. Click the Insert > Shapes, and select a rectangles shape, see the following screenshot:

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2. Draw a shape as large as you need in active worksheet.

3. The Drawing Tools is active now, please click the Shape Fill button and fill the shape with white.

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4. Click the Shape Outline button, and replace the outline color with white as well as following screenshot shown.

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5. Then right click the shape, and select the Format Shape item from the context menu.

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6. In the Format Picture dialog box in Excel 2010 or Format Picture pane in Excel 2013, please do the following operations:

doc-insert-printable-image1 In Excel 2010:
 (1.) Click Fill option from the left pane;

 (2.) Select the Picture or texture fill option;

 (3.) Click the File button to specify a image to fill this shape;

 (4.) Check the Tile picture as texture option;

 (5.) Change the Transparency to 75% as you need to
 make the background image like watermark.
doc-insert-printable-image1In Excel 2013 and later versions:
(1.) Click Fill & Line button;

(2.) Under the Fill section:

   Select the Picture or texture fill option;

    Click the File button to specify a image to fill this shape;

   Check the Tile picture as texture option;

   Change the Transparency to 75% as you need to make
 the background image like watermark.

7. In the same dialog, then do the following operations:

doc-insert-printable-image1In Excel 2010:
(1.) Click Properties option at left bar;

(2.) Select the Move and size with cells option in Object
 positioning section;

(3.) Check the Print Object option.

doc-insert-printable-image1In Excel 2013 and later versions:
(1.) Click Size & Properties button;

(2.) Under the Properties section:

    Select the Move and size with cells option;

     Check the Print Object option.

8. Click Close button. Then the shape filled with pictures looks like a background image. What's more, it can be printed out when you print the active worksheet. See the following screenshot:

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Note: After inserting this background picture, you will not be allowed enter any text within the picture range.