Batch adding watermarks

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Author Message David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1683 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 02:23 pm:    Do you have any recommendations on adding watermarks ("DRAFT") to multiple Word files or PDF documents? David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Dewayne Dean Senior Member Username: ddean Post Number: 157 Registered: 02-2016 Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 04:35 pm:    what PDF program do you use? For WORD: To create a watermark using a picture or customised text Click on Page Layout tab. In the ribbon, click on Watermark. A vertical scroll list of six watermarks will appear with a set of menu options below. From the menu options, select Custom Watermark. Nathan Woods, CSI, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: nwoods Post Number: 740 Registered: 08-2005 Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 05:12 pm:    Some of my spec writers won’t do it in Word because they don’t want to touch the content or formatting of MEP/S sections that they don’t author, so we’ve become accustomed to doing it in Bluebeam, which is super fast and easy, with very precise control. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 391 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 05:19 pm:    If you add a watermark in Word, I have used the "WordArt" and used the Layout feature to place it behind the text and in a fixed position on each page (not tied to the text, column, etc). David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1684 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 05:23 pm:    I thought that MasterWorks had a batch watermark tool but cannot find it. I can easily insert a watermark in an individual document in Word, but would prefer a batch program to add watermarks to several files. David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 1045 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 07:53 pm:    I use Adobe Acrobat, and it is easy to insert a watermark on a batch of PDF files. J. Peter Jordan, FCSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1728 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 06:12 pm:    I figured out that Avitru's MasterWorks DOES have a batch watermark tool. Go to "MasterWorks" in the top ribbon. Go to "Multi-File" in "Project Tools" ribbon. Select folder and files. Select "Document Format". Select "Document Layout" under "Standard Formatting". Select "Add "DRAFT" Watermark" in the drop down menu under "Additional Options". To remove the watermark go through the procedure above except: Select "Remove Watermark" in the drop down menu under "Additional Options". David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Seamus McGrady (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 03:28 pm:    Hi David, Adding watermarks, numbered lines, and other Page Layout items is a feature in VisiSpecs. You mentioned in another post that you want to do formatting in MasterWorks... this is another area where VisiSpecs could help. Dip your toe in and see what you think!