Properties dialog box, Document Properties, Watermark

A watermark is a faint design appearing in the background of a page. Watermarks typically identify or decorate pages. Examples include the word Confidential stamped on every page or a business logo appearing in the background of every page.

Project watermarks and document watermarks

You can define watermarks at both the project level and the document level.

A project watermark allows you to have the same watermark, such as a business logo, on every document in the project.
A document watermark allows specific documents to have an individual watermark. By default, when document watermarks are enabled, they overwrite the project watermark.

For example, most documents display your business logo; however, internal documents need to be marked Confidential. Since a project watermark is overwritten by a document watermark, you can create a project watermark that uses the logo, but allow documents to overwrite the project watermark. Next, for each internal document, create a document watermark with the text Confidential.

Watermark properties

Select one of the following Watermark options:

To display no watermark on the document, select No watermark.
To display the watermark created for the project, select Use project watermark. The project watermark is created in Desktop.
To create and display a text watermark on the document, select Text watermark (PDF Only).
To create and display an image watermark on the document, select Image watermark.

If you select either Text watermark or Image watermark, additional properties are displayed to allow you to create the watermark.

Text watermarks

When you select Text watermark from the Watermark drop-down list, the following properties are displayed:

Text: Type the text to display as the watermark, up to 255 characters.

Format icon: To change the appearance of the text, click the Format icon, which opens the Font Formatting dialog box. You can select the font, style, size, color, and effects. Click OK when you have made your selections.

Size font automatically check box: Determines whether the watermark uses the font size defined in the Font Formatting dialog box or a font size automatically adjusted to fill the layout.

Washout check box: Determines whether or not the watermark is faded to ensure that the document information is legible through the watermark.

Orientation: Determines whether the text is printed diagonally or horizontally across the page.

Image watermarks

When you select Image watermark from the Watermark drop-down list, the following properties are displayed:

Source: Type the path and file name of the image. A preview is displayed below the Source field.

Note: The image file must be available to both the Intelligence Server and to the designers of the document.

Scale: Determines whether the image is automatically resized to fit within the document margins while retaining its aspect ratio. You can also scale the image manually, by selecting a percentage from the drop-down list.