Add headers, footers and watermarks to PDF

Nitro PDF Professional includes a powerful set of tools for making late stage additions to your PDF documents. Using the Watermark tool you can quickly insert text and graphics across one or more pages in a document, and place them in front of or behind existing page content. Watermarks can even be set to only display on screen, or only when printed. (See also the PDF editor functional overview for related information.)

These kind of late-stage edits are useful when you don't want to go back to the source document (Word, Excel^®, etc.) to recreate it. The tool is particularly useful when you want to add things like company logos, page numbers, the date, document title watermarks, headers and footers. Best of all you can copy, combine and reuse them.

Watermarks can be made from numerous file types, both image types and document types. Even pages from Word, Excel^® and PowerPoint^® files can be inserted directly in as watermarks, headers and footers. The watermarks are all reusable and also can be combined together to make watermarks containing graphics and text.

Examples of how watermarks can be used:

• Dynamic stamps. Automatically insert dynamic information like page numbers, author, document title, date and time.
• Headers. Insert document title, chapters and date information.
• Footers. Insert page numbering, date and time information automatically.
• Watermarks. Retain your corporate identity by applying company logos and other marks to your documents.
• Document status. Apply watermarks -- like Reviewed, Approved, Draft, etc. -- so your team always knows the status of the documents being shared.

Tip: You can edit the watermarks that come installed with Nitro PDF Professional. When you have the Watermark palette open, just right-click and select Edit.

File types that can be directly inserted as watermarks include:

• Images. BMP, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, JPEG2000, Photoshop, PNG, etc.
• Documents. PDF, Word, Excel^®, PowerPoint^®, Visio^®, HTML and rich text files.

To create an image-based header, footer or watermark:

1. Choose Document > Watermark > Create Watermarks, or click the arrow to the right of the Watermark   toolbar button and select Create Watermark.
2. Enter the name of the watermark.
3. Set the type of watermark as Image/PDF.
4. Click the browse button and choose the file you want to be a watermark.
5. To set the watermark properties do any of the following:
   • Specify which page from the source file should be the watermark.
   • Resize using the width and height tools.
   • Specify the rotation of the watermark.
   • Choose whether the watermark should cover the whole page area.
   • Specify the position on the page where the watermark should appear.
   • Choose whether to make the watermark span one or two pages, using the Cross-pages checkbox.

Tip: Watermarks can be made from numerous file types, both image types and document types. Even pages from Word, Excel^® and PowerPoint^® files can be inserted directly in as watermarks, headers and footers.

To create a text-based header, footer or watermark:

Choose Document > Watermark > Create Watermarks, or click the arrow to the right of the Watermark   toolbar button and select Create Watermark

1. Enter the name of the watermarks.
2. Set the type of watermark as text.
3. In the Text field, insert your text or dynamic text. To add dynamic text -- including page numbers, date, time, author and title information -- select any of them from the Macro drop-down list and click Add.
4. To set the text properties then do any of the following:
   • Select the font the text should use to display.
   • Specify the font size.
   • Specify the font colour.
   • Specify the rotation of the text watermark.
   • Choose whether text should appear as an outline or filled with the colour specified.
   • Specify the position on the page where the watermark should appear.
   • Choose whether to make the watermark span one or two pages, using the Cross-pages checkbox.

Note: some fonts may not display properly for other users if they don't have them installed. Some will work fine because everyone will have them installed. If you are unsure about the fonts other users have, it's best to stay with fonts like Times New Roman, Times, Courier and Symbol.

To create a composite header, footer or watermark:

1. Choose Document > Watermark > Create Watermarks, or click the arrow to the right of the Watermark   toolbar button and select Create Watermark.
2. Enter the name of the watermark.
3. Set the type of watermark as composite.
4. Select the watermarks you want to include and click Add.

To add or insert a header, footer or watermark:

1. Choose Document > Watermark > Show Watermarks, or select the Watermark  toolbar button.
2. In the Watermark palette, select the watermark to add to the PDF, and do one of the following:
   • Drag and drop the watermark on the document.
   • Right-click the watermark and select Apply.
3. In the Watermark Settings dialog, set any of the following:
   • Opacity of watermark. Particularly useful when watermark is in front of page content.
   • Choose whether the watermark is in front of or behind the page contents.
   • Choose whether the watermark is included when the document is printed.
   • Choose whether the watermark is displayed when the document is viewed online.
   • Specify on which page or pages to apply the watermark.
   • Specify whether watermarks should be restricted to just odd or even pages.

Related info: Nitro Pro 5 Help

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