Watermark Tab - Watermark Dialog

Use this dialog to set a watermark for all the pages within the scope (current page, this page forward or the whole document) selected in the Page Setup dialog.

Note: Due to differences between printer and screen drivers, watermarks may not print with the same intensity as they appear in the print preview. In the extreme case, no watermark will print even though it appears in the print preview. If this problem occurs, increase the shading intensity of the watermark until the watermark appears on the printed document.

Watermark

Enter the text in quotes that you want to appear on the page in the form of a watermark. If you would like to enter a text function to control the watermark, click the button to access the Calculation Editor.

If the watermark text is long, you can use line breaks to display the text on multiple lines. Press Shift+Enter where you want to start a new line. A paragraph marker in the text box indicates where the lines break.

The text escapement (printing angle) selection applies to all lines of the watermark text. Individual lines cannot be printed at a different angle.

Shade intensity

Select the darkness of the text expressed as a percentage. As a general rule, the watermark %'s are

1-4	- light
5-24	- medium
25 -	-dark

Text escapement (printing angle)

You can rotate the position of the text to any angle you want. Use the options below to specify the appearance of the text on the page.

Horizontal

Text will be positioned horizontally from left to right.

Vertical (top to bottom)

Text will position vertically with the first character of text appearing towards the top of the page.

Vertical (bottom to top)

Text will be positioned vertically with the first character of text appearing towards the bottom of the page.

Diagonal (NW-SE)

Text will be positioned diagonally across the page with the first character of the watermark appearing towards the upper left corner of the page.

Diagonal (SW-NE)

Text will be positioned diagonally across the page with the first character of the watermark towards the lower left corner of the page.

Other

To rotate the watermark to a specific position on the page, click Other.

Degrees (counter clockwise) from horizontal

Type or select the degrees by which you want to rotate the watermark. The watermark is rotated counter-clockwise up to 100 degrees from its horizontal position.

Position

You can position the watermark anywhere on the page

Center watermark on page

To center the watermark in the middle of the page, select the Center watermark on page check box.

Placement

Use this command to enter specific measurements for the positioning of the watermark.

Left edge

To position the watermark according to the first character of text, click Left edge. For example, if your watermark contains the text "My Watermark" the distance of the watermark from the left and top of the page is measured according to the position of the letter "M" of the word "My".

Center

To position the watermark according to the character that appears in the center of the watermark, click Center of text. For example, if your watermark contains the text "My Watermark", the distance of the watermark from the left and top of the page is measured according to the position of the letter "t".

Right edge

To position the watermark according to the last character of text, click Right edge of text. For example, if your watermark contains the text "My Watermark", the distance of the watermark from the left and top of the page is measured according to the position of the letter "k".

From left side of page

Type or select the distance from the left side of the page to the first, center or last character of the watermark as selected above.

From top of page

Type or select the distance from the top of the page to the first, center, or last character of the watermark as selected above.

Skip if condition true

To prevent the watermark from printing when the skip criteria are met, click the check box and enter a logical skip condition. Click the button to access the Calculation Editor and create a skip condition.

Font settings are controlled by the Font tab.

Print Watermark on top of the document

This option allows you to specify whether the watermark text will be printed below the regular text of the document (the default), or on top of the regular text.

Related Topics

• Page Setup