Add a watermark in a Overleaf PDF
Stamp DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL or your own text across pages. This works on the PDF Overleaf exported, so you do not need the original file.
How to do it
- 1.Open the PDF exported from Overleaf in MythosPDF.
- 2.Type the text and choose size, angle and opacity.
- 3.Download the PDF.
How Overleaf writes PDFs
- • Overleaf compiles LaTeX, so PDFs use Type1 fonts such as Computer Modern or Latin Modern.
- • Ligatures such as fi and fl are single glyphs.
What that means when you add a watermark
- • Small fixes in text, references and captions can be made in the PDF. Larger changes are cleaner in the Overleaf source.
What happens to the rest of the page
- • The watermark is added as a layer; the original page content is not rewritten.
- • Works on every page at once.
Questions people ask
+Can I remove a watermark later?
Keep the original file. Watermarks are added to the copy you download.
+Is it better to edit in Overleaf?
If you have the original Overleaf file and a lot to change, yes. For quick changes to the PDF itself, editing the PDF is faster and keeps it exactly as sent.
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