# Excel Page watermark. How turn off?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 14, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-page-watermark-how-turn-off/380431 "2006-11-14T20:29:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-page-watermark-how-turn-off/380431/1 "2006-11-14T20:29:58Z")

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Several of my Excel sheets have “PAGE 1” across them. I have no idea how this got turned on because the first 5 sheets don’t have them. I’ve gone thru the options, looking for differances between the sheets but cannot find any. This has got to be too easy.

Any Excel wizards care to take a crack at this one! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-page-watermark-how-turn-off/380431/2 "2006-11-14T20:56:27Z")

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This has been bugging me for a while too. Your question prompted me to find an answer.  
Ready…  
Click on view, then on Normal.  
Page Break Preview puts those watermarks on.

So yea, in one sense it’s “easy” but it’s not the answer I would have expected.

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-page-watermark-how-turn-off/380431/3 "2006-11-14T21:05:50Z")

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Thank You. I bow to the Excel god Joey P. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-page-watermark-how-turn-off/380431/4 "2006-11-14T21:08:14Z")

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Get up, get up, you’re worthy…well maybe just one more bow.