Before you begin
Acrobat now has an improved interface, as shown. If you see a different experience, refer to help for your current experience.
Before you begin
Acrobat now has an improved interface, as shown. If you see a different experience, refer to help for your current experience.
A watermark in a document is either text or an image that appears either in front of or behind existing content, akin to a stamp. For instance, you might use a "Confidential" watermark on sensitive data pages. Multiple watermarks can be added to one or more PDFs, each added individually. Also, you can just specify the pages or page ranges where each watermark should appear.
Unlike a stamp, a watermark becomes a fixed element within PDF pages. Stamps, on the other hand, are PDF comments that readers can open to view, edit, or delete text annotations.
Try it in the app
Add watermarks to PDFs for branding and document protection in a few simple steps.
Open the PDF to which you want to add a watermark.
From the All tools menu, select Edit a PDF.
Expand the Add content menu and then select Watermark > Add.
In the Add Watermark dialog:
To create a text watermark, select Text and type the text in the box. Adjust the text formatting options as needed.
Only PDF, JPEG, and BMP images can be used as watermarks.
To resize the watermark in relation to the original image file size, enter a percentage in the Absolute Scale option (in the Source area of the dialog box).
To resize the watermark in relation to the PDF page dimensions, enter a percentage in the Scale relative to target page (in the Appearance area of the dialog box).
(Optional) Select Appearance Options and specify the following options:
To specify when the watermark appears, select or deselect Show when printing and Show when displaying on screen.
To control variations in a PDF with pages of varying sizes, select or deselect Keep position and size of watermark text constant when printing on different page sizes.
(Optional) To apply the same settings to additional PDFs, select Apply to Multiple Files. Select Add Files, choose Add Files or Add Open Files, and then select the files. Then in the Output Options dialog box, specify your folder and filename preferences, and select OK.
Follow the steps mentioned in the previous section Add a watermark to a PDF.
Open the PDF in which you want to update the watermark.
From the All tools menu, select Edit a PDF > Watermark > Update.
Make changes to the watermark, and then select OK.
If you've multiple watermarks in a PDF, this procedure will update only the first watermark you added and discards all other watermarks.
To remove watermarks from multiple PDFs: