About how to watermark PDFs
Watermark dey make the status or owner of document clear for one look: DRAFT for version wey people still dey review, CONFIDENTIAL for board paper, SAMPLE for design proof, or your company name for price list. The default na the word CONFIDENTIAL for grey at 30% opacity, wey sit for 45 degrees across the centre of each page, wey people fit see without e hiding the text wey dey under. For text you fit choose sans serif, serif or typewriter font, bold or italic, any colour and size, or leave the size empty make the text fit the page. For picture, like logo or stamp, choose PNG or JPG and how wide e suppose be; PNG dey keep the transparent parts clear. Opacity dey run from very faint reach solid; between 20% and 40% dey usually work well for text documents. Rotation fit be any angle from 0 to 360 degrees, with 0 for straight line and 90 for text wey dey run up the page. Nine positions dey cover the corners, the middle of each edge and the centre; the corners and edges good for short labels like reference number. Mosaic dey repeat the watermark across the whole page, wey make am hard well well to crop am comot from screenshot. On top the page content dey put the watermark on top the page content; Under the page content dey put am behind the text and drawings, wey dey keep text sharp, but scanned pages na pictures wey go cover am, so use On top the page content for scans. Text for any language dey work: words for writing wey standard PDF fonts no get, like Arabic, Hindi, Chinese or Cyrillic, dey enter as picture of the text wey we make for your device. The watermark dey enter the page itself, so e go print and show for every reader. Remember say person wey ready with editing software fit still remove watermark; e dey discourage people from reusing am but e no be security measure. To stop copying or editing, use am with Protect PDF.
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Before you sign in, files fit reach 25 MB. Free account go raise am to 25 MB.
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Watermark PDF: questions wey people dey ask
I fit watermark only some pages?
Yes. Type page range like 2-10 or 1, 3, 5. Leave am empty to mark every page.
The watermark go hide my text?
No if the opacity low. The default 30% dey leave text easy to read; reduce am if the watermark too strong.
Person fit remove the watermark?
E don be part of the page, but person wey get PDF editing software fit remove am. Use Protect PDF to block editing too.
I fit make the watermark lie flat?
Yes. Set the rotation to 0 for straight text, or 90 for text wey dey run up the page.
I fit use my logo as watermark?
Yes. Choose Picture, pick PNG or JPG and set im width, position and opacity. PNG wey get transparent background dey look best.