New/Edit Text Watermark

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.

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.

Custom Position

In the Custom Position window you can set the position, margins, zoom, alignment and origin of the watermark and preview your changes.

The window can be opened by pressing the Custom Position button placed on the New/Edit Image Watermark dialog.

Margins

You can define a region around the watermark that will remain empty when printing. Margins can be defined for all sides individually. The numbers you enter are expressed in the selected measurement unit.

Left

You can set the left margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows. The number you enter is expressed in the selected measurement unit. The sum of the left and right margins cannot exceed 2/3 of the page width. Larger values will be adjusted automatically.

Right

You can set the right margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows. The number you enter is expressed in the selected measurement unit. The sum of the left and right margins cannot exceed 2/3 of the page width. Larger values will be adjusted automatically.

Top

You can set the top margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows. The sum of the top and bottom margins cannot exceed 2/3 of the page height. Larger values will be adjusted automatically.

Bottom

You can set the bottom margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows. The sum of the top and bottom margins cannot exceed 2/3 of the page height. Larger values will be adjusted automatically.

Position

You can select a simple adjustment (only by the margins) or a more complex one which involves aligning and changing the origin of the watermark.

Fit to margins

If the "Fit to margins" radio button is selected, the watermark will be automatically zoomed so it will fit in the printing region.

Customize origin

The above behavior (when "Fit to margins" is set) is probably sufficient in most of the cases. But if you want to have a more accurate control of the result, you can select the "Customize origin" radio button and manually enter alignment and origin for the watermark.

Origin

You can set here the alignment and origin of thewatermark in the PDF. The controls from this group are active when "Customize origin" is set.

Center horizontally

If you set this option the watermark will be centered horizontally. At the same time the Align to right option will be disabled and the Left origin is calculated automatically.

Center vertically

If you set this option the watermark will be centered vertically. At the same time the Align to bottom option will be disabled and the Top origin is calculated automatically.

Align to right

If you set this option the watermark will be aligned to the right margin. At the same time the Center horizontally option will be disabled and the Left origin is calculated automatically.

Align to bottom

If you set this option the watermark will be aligned to the bottom margin. At the same time the Center vertically option will be disabled and the Top origin is calculated automatically.

Left origin

The left origin of the document contents. It can be modified by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the Center horizontally and Align to right options are not set.

Top origin

The top origin of the document contents. It can be modified by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the Center vertically and Align to bottom options are not set.

Units

You can change the measurement units from the Units drop down list. The available values are millimeters, inches and points. Changing the units will recalculate the margins and the origins.

Preview

You can preview changes you do on the Custom Position window without actually saving them.

Reset to default

Set all options to the default values (no margins and Fit to margin option selected).

Copy Watermark

This dialog is displayed when copying a text or image watermark and allows naming the new watermark.

The dialog can be opened by selecting an existing watermark and pressing the Copy button from the Watermarks window in Printing Preferences.

Copy Watermark

This will create a copy of the selected text or image watermark from the watermarks' list-view of the Watermarks window. You can type a new name for this watermark and when you press OK the new watermark will be added to the watermarks' list-view. This watermark will have the exact settings as the original one.

Note that you have to use a different name for the watermark, because if you're entering the same name you'll get a prompt saying that there is a watermark with the same name.

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