Remove a background
On the Format menu, point to Background.
Click No Fill.
Notes
When no background is specified for a Web page, the page will appear in the default background color set in the Web browser of the person viewing the page.
If you want to remove a theme, which includes document backgrounds, design elements, and color schemes, use the Themes command on the Format menu.
Remove a watermark
On the Format menu, point to Background, and then click Printed Watermark.
Click No watermark.
Note If you inserted a watermark into the document header and did not use the Printed Watermark dialog box, then you should view the header, and manually delete the watermark.
(Not my words, copied from Microsoft Word Help).
Mark
I am using MS Word 2003 and was given a document with the word "DRAFT" as a background watermark. I am trying to remove the watermark, but according to the page properties, there is no background word or watermark. Am I looking in the wrong place?

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