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Note:
Be sure to note the passwords you assign; without them you will not be
able to re-open the PDF files you created. Successful PDF protection depends
on good password distribution management.
Note:
To view PDF files with encryption above 40-bit, you must have Adobe
Acrobat
Reader version 5.0 or above.
Note:
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they can be viewed, printed, searched and modified in a PDF editor. But if some
actions are prohibited and a user cannot supply the correct permission password,
the PDF may appear as image-only.
Watermarks
ScanSoft PDF Create! lets you add watermarks to the first page or all pages of
your PDF files. A watermark is like a stamp: it can come from text (such as
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‘
Dr
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or
from a composite, which is a combination of existing watermarks. A page from an
existing PDF can also be used as a watermark in a new PDF.
Watermark Name
Choose from standard watermark controls:
Company logo (import your company logo from an image or PDF file)
Do Not Copy (gray vertical text, top left)
Draft only (gray, angled text, centered)
Sample Only (red, angled text, bottom left)
Crosspage Watermark (import image from an image or PDF file)
Composite Watermark (mixture of text and image watermarks)
Confidential (5 choices: gray text in different locations)
Opacity
Defines how transparent the watermark should be. Use the slider or edit box to
define a value between 0 (fully transparent) and 100 (fully opaque). PDF files in
version 1.3 cannot interpret this setting, watermarks appear at full strength (100).
First Page Only
Select this to have the watermark placed only on the first page, or on the first two
pages in the case of a cross-page watermark. If you de-select this, the
watermark will be placed on all pages in the PDF.
As Background
Select this to have the watermark placed in the background of the PDF,
underneath the other page content. If you de-select this, the watermark is placed
