How to Add Watermark in PDF Files for Windows

Margarete Cotty

2021-01-21 14:23:32 • Filed to: How-To • Proven solutions

Watermarks can serve a very important role. First, they act as a security tool for PDF documents, and second, they can act as an effective advertising tool. Therefore, adding a watermark to the PDF is usually a good idea. Now I will show you how to easily add a PDF watermark in PDF with PDFelement.

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How to Add Watermark in PDF

Step 1. Import Your PDF

Launch PDFelement. Click the "Open files" button on the "Home" tab to select the file you wish to insert the watermark into.

Step 2. Insert Watermark into PDF

After opening the document, go to the "Edit" option and select "Watermark", and then click "New Watermark" from the submenu. You will be presented with a new window. Choose whether you would like a text, file, or image watermark, and specify the watermark location. You can further enhance the appearance, placement, size, and pages the watermark will appear on by clicking on a blue button. Finally, you can click on "Save".

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Step 3. Batch Watermark PDF Files

After setting the watermark, you need to go to the "Tool" tab and click "Batch Process > Watermark" if you need to batch watermark PDF files. In this window, upload other PDF files or file folders that you want to add the watermark to. Once you are satisfied, click "Apply" to save your watermarked PDFs in the selected locations.

It is quite easy to add watermarks to PDF documents when you have the right tool. PDFelement offers you simple processes that are not too complex, and easy to follow. It enables you to do many editing tasks on your PDF document with ease and comfort.

PDFelement offers some of the following features:

You can convert a Word, Excel, HTML file, or other document types into PDF or vice versa.
Edit PDF files to add or remove images, text, comments, and more.
Add text, images, and files as a watermark to your PDF for copyright protection.
You can add comments or highlight certain parts of the PDF file to highlight anything you want.
Recognize text in a scanned PDF file and make the file editable with OCR technology.

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