New/Edit Text Watermark

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This window is used to customize attributes for a new created or an existing text watermark. It is opened by pressing the New Text... , Copy... or Edit... buttons placed on the Watermarks window, from the Printing Preferences dialog.

 

text-watermark

 

Name

Unique watermark name.

 

Print On

You can select on which PDF pages to print the watermark. Available options are: All pages, Even pages, First page, Odd pages, Range.

 

Range

If you selected Range from the Print On drop-down list, you can enter the page range in the next format: "2, 3, 5" or "2 - 5"

 

Text

Enter the text that will be written as watermark on the PDF pages.

 

Text Properties

You can set different options here for the text, like font name and style, height, fit.

 

Font

Select a font from the list of the TrueType and OpenType fonts installed on your computer .

 

Size

Select text height. If the Fit to margins checkbox is not checked, you can enter a value. If the Fit to margins checkbox is checked, the size is calculated automatically so the text fits the PDF page.

 

Style - Bold, Italic, Outline

Select the Font style by checking corresponding check boxes. You can see in the Preview how the text will look like.

 

Fit to margins

You can choose to draw the watermark text on the entire PDF page by checking the Fit to margins checkbox. By default this option is checked.

 

Other

This group deals with color, rotation and opacity.

 

Color

You can choose the text color. By default, the color is black.

 

Rotation

You can choose a rotation angle for the text watermark. By default, there is no rotation.

 

Opacity

You can select an opacity percentage for the text watermark. By default, the text watermark is drawn with maximum opacity, 100%. If you decrease the opacity value, the text will be drawn with lighter colors.

 

Visible

You can enable or disable the text watermark by checking/unchecking this checkbox.

 

As background

If this checkbox is checked, the text watermark will be drawn on the PDF page first, under the texts and images of the printed document. If the As background checkbox is not checked, the text watermark will be drawn on the PDF page at the end, above the texts and images of the printed document. By default, the As background checkbox is checked.

 

Custom position

By pressing the Custom position button a new window is opened for customizing the position where the text watermark will be drawn (see Custom Position).

 

Preview

The watermark text is drawn as it will be drawn on the PDF page. The image is updated automatically when changing text watermarks attributes.