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How to mark a PDF as draft
Drafts get forwarded, printed and mistaken for the real thing. A light DRAFT watermark across each page prevents that without making the document hard to read.
Step by step
- 1Open Add watermark and drop in the file.
- 2Type DRAFT, keep the angle at 45° and opacity around 0.2.
- 3Choose Once, centred, or Repeated for extra emphasis.
- 4Press Add watermark.
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Open Add watermarkTips
- ✓Keep the unwatermarked original and send the watermarked copy.
- ✓Use red at low opacity for a classic draft stamp.
Questions people ask
+Can I remove the watermark later?
Keep your unwatermarked original and use that for the final version.
+Will the watermark hide text?
At low opacity the text underneath stays readable.
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