Watermark options
Below are the options available when adding watermarks to a PDF document.
Settings
The options for a watermark are as follows:
Profile
Name - Name of the watermark profile (if created). To create a new profile select "<new profile>" and click Save. Then enter a name for the new profile
Show on Menu - Whether to show this watermark configuration on the watermark menu for faster access.
Appearance
Units - Units to use when calculating the position of the watermark. This can be inches, centimeters, millimeters, or points. Points are calculated in the PDF standard, 72 points per inch.
Horizontal – The horizontal location is relative to the left, right, or center of the page according to the choice in the drop down box. The number entered here is interpreted in units.
Vertical – The vertical location is relative to the top, bottom, or center of the page according to the choice in the drop down box. The number entered here is interpreted in units.
Rotation – Rotate the watermark (text or image) by the given degrees clockwise.
Transparency – Transparency of the watermark. 100% is invisible and 0% is opaque.
Show on Screen - Whether or not to show the watermark when viewing the document
Show on Print - Whether or not to show the watermark when the document is printed
Behind Page Content - Places the watermark under the page content instead of on top
Pages
Page Range - The range of pages to be cropped
- All Pages: all pages in the document
- Page Range: set the pages to be cropped using the From and To options
- Even Pages Only: only crops the even pages
- Odd Pages Only: only crops the odd pages
Watermark
You have the option to add either a text or image watermark to the document. The options will change based on whether or not text or image is selected.
Text Watermark Options
Font - The font for the watermark
Font Size - The font size for the watermark
Font Color - The font color for the watermark
B - Makes all of the text Bold
I - Makes all of the text Italic
Alignment - choose how the text should be aligned
Aligns the text to the left
Aligns the text in the center
Aligns the text to the right
Text - Enter the text to be displayed on the watermark
Insert - Use these options to insert custom variables within the content sections. Place the cursor where you would like the text and then click on the variable option you want to insert. These variables will be used when the headers and footers are placed on the document
- Date - creates a date variable
- Page Number - creates a page number variable
- Bates Number - creates a bates number variable
- Other - displays a list of other supported variables
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- $page – The page number
- $author – Inserts the Author name set in Comments Preferences
- $pagelabel - The bookmark for this page
- $bookmark - The label for this page
- $totalpages – The number of pages in the document
- $filename – The file name that the document was opened from
- $filepath – The full file path that the document was opened from
- $date – The current date formatted as Nov 28, 2007
- $shortdate – The current date formatted as 11/28/07
- $time – The current time
- $day – The current day of the month
- $month – The current month, using two digits
- $year – The current year, using four digits
- $shortyear – The current year, using two digits
- $second – The current second
- $minute – The current minute
- $hour – The current hour, 1-12
- $ampm – AM or PM
- $longhour – The current hour, 0-23
Border - Sets a border around the watermark text
Border Color - Sets the color of the border
Width - Sets the width of the border
Background - Background color settings for the watermark text
Image Watermark Options
File – The path to the image file. Accepted formats are jpg, png, gif, & tiff.
Scale – The scale to apply to the image (100% for the full-size image)
Preview Window
Allows you to see how the watermark will look on the document once placed. Use the arrow buttons and drop down to navigate and preview a different page in the document.