Watermarks - Acrobat 8

I am trying to add a watermark to a document (.pdf) and there is an option to have the watermark behind the text...however, this option does not seem to work. It provides the option to see it as a preview when you check the box but it does not show up. The only time you can see the watermark is when it is in front of the text. Do you know the trick?

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This particular document is a scanned text document.
However, we often print a Word document to .pdf. So if you had the time I would really appreciate the answer as to how to do both.
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