Creating watermarks

Watermarks have a surprisingly long history. They have been used since the 13th century, only on paper at that time. A mark of varied thickness was created while the paper was still wet, which is why it is called a watermark. In the digital world, watermarks refer to transparent images or text placed over page content, often to alert readers to a specific status of the publication. Version revision, confidential information, and copyright protection are among the uses of watermarks.

We will now step through the process of creating watermarks in a .pdf document:

1. Click the Watermark dropdown from the Edit PDF tool.
2. Select Add… to open another large dialog box. Acrobat has many of those.

Figure 4.23 – Add Watermark dialog box and options

Take some time to look through the options:

• You can add typed text or place an image
• The text can be formatted with fonts, color, and alignment
• The font...