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Questions tagged [watermark]

{watermark} concerns typesetting background text or placing background images on pages to help in identifying a document

Watermarks constitute a way to identify pages for specific reasons. Watermarks can be typeset text or images that are placed in the background. The most common use is probably to type set words like "draft", "manuscript" or something equivalent when authoring documents.

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Void Pantograph / microdots

I would like to have a PDF file which I can embed in the foreground of my PDF files which, in turn, will mark analog copies with a visible watermark. Apparently these are called Void Pantographs and some printers can even put them on any page…
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uncopyable watermark

is it possible to get watermark text, which is not copyable in PDF? it bothers when doing proofreadings. I mean something like uncopyable line numbers How to make text copy in PDF previewers ignore lineno line numbers? here is a minimum…
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Watermark on the first page only

I'm modified the following code from this post to add a couple of vertical watermarks on a page. However, the code places these watermarks on every page. Is there a way to restrict watermarking to the first page or certain pages of my…
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How to add barely visible tracking dots to a b/w document?

I would like to add barely visible tracking dots in the style of these micro tracking dots to my b/w document. The tracking dots mentioned in the above look like this: The tracking dots are aligned in a 15x8 matrix and, in the above case, include…
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Make watermark image lighter (more transparent)

I need to display my college logo as watermark in certificate only... i tried with \usepackage{draftwatermark} and…
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Create a copy of every page with a watermark

I often print letters with latex and I want to print every letter twice : once normal and once with a watermark ('COPY'). Is there any way to produce a single pdf file containing twice the letter, once with and once without the watermark as…
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Watermark via package 'draftwatermark' is not showing on page

I'm trying to add a watermark to my paper, simply by adding a \usepackage{draftwatermark} But the watermark doesn't appear to be showing up? On closer inspection, it's there, but offset from the page, so it only just shows in one corner. Any…
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Repeating the watermark in the background

How to insert watermark repeatedly in the background only in the titlepage in an inclined fashion. Here is the MWE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{background} \usepackage{lipsum} \backgroundsetup{% scale=1, angle=0, …
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How do you add multiple watermarks?

I want to put 2 watermarks on one document, but it only prints my last watermark. I don't want to add 2 lines to 1 watermark. I need 1 going horizontal at the top of my page and one going diagonally across the whole page. This is what I'm currently…
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Weird: Rotating watermark?

Some folks keep sending Word documents to me including ugly watermarks and expect me to use them as well. Can I include a »watermark« into a document, which rotates in the background, at least, if viewed with Acrobat Reader XI…
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Watermark from second page

How do I add watermark into document, but from second page. Or better, from, instance, from second page and to, for instance, 10th page of document?
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Watermark on selected pages

I would like to have the watermark from Page 3 all the way to the end. I am currently using \usepackage[printwatermark]{xwatermark} \newwatermark[allpages,color=red!10,angle=45,scale=4.5,xpos=0,ypos=0]{DRAFT} which generate the DRAFT on all pages.
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Repeated and rotated text watermark on the whole document

I need to fill the page (100%) with the watermark text repeated and rotated under 45 degrees. I should to do it for every page in document. This code works good, but in this case I have only one watermark at center.…
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Add watermark between two markers or in environment

Watermarking selected content I would like to add watermarks on any pages containing content between two markers or within some environment (or similar), ideally including any figures which might float onto later pages. Something similar to the…
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draftwatermark underlay tcolorbox and change per page

i use \usepackage{draftwatermark} and tcolorbox. But watermark is hidden by box. How can put watermark overlay box and different per page: Top secret 1, Top secret 2, Top secret A, B...? My minimal…
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