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Printing numbered copies (watermark)?
Hello,
I need to print multiple copies of a report which will be distributed to a certain number of (numbered) people. To avoid unauthorized copying of those print-outs I would like to give each copy a number which can then be linked to the recipient (since they will have the same number). To assure that the number on the document cannot be cut off or covered with something or whatever, I would like to have the numbering as watermarks. Is there a way to automatically have a sequential numbering as a watermark when printing out multiple copies of a document? Thanks! |
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Printing numbered copies (watermark)?
If you think that will stop the document being copied or duplicated, then I
am afraid you are dreaming. However if you want to pursue this, create a one column table as a data file - head it 'Numbers' and below spell out the required numbers one, two, three etc, one for each copy of the document. Save the document. With the document on screen open the merge toolbar (http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm ) and set the document type to 'letters'. Attach the table document you have created as the data source. Open the header/footer view and draw a large text box to fill the pagem set its properties to have no border and its layout to 'behind text. In the text box insert the mergefield Numbers. Toggle the view to show the merge result - it should say 'one'. Format this field to a large size eg 72 points (or your document will be unreadable) and format the colour to a medium shade of grey. Select and copy the field immediately after the first field, then press F4 as many times as it takes to fill the page. You should now have a page filled with "oneoneoneoneoneone". When you are happy with the appearance, close the header view and merge the document to a new document (if you want separate documents you can use the splitter add-in at http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm ) You should now have a document (or documents) with uniquely numbered watermarks. While this was an amusing exercise, it will not stop the document being copied. Any half decent OCR should be able to see through it and produce an unnumbered version. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org HelpNeedy wrote: Hello, I need to print multiple copies of a report which will be distributed to a certain number of (numbered) people. To avoid unauthorized copying of those print-outs I would like to give each copy a number which can then be linked to the recipient (since they will have the same number). To assure that the number on the document cannot be cut off or covered with something or whatever, I would like to have the numbering as watermarks. Is there a way to automatically have a sequential numbering as a watermark when printing out multiple copies of a document? Thanks! |
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Printing numbered copies (watermark)?
Dear Graham,
of course i'm aware of the fact that also a numbered document can be copied (d'uh! ;o) ), but atleast, should such a copy show up it can be traced back to the original. We've tried copying pages with watermarks on the copying machines available in our offices (using all sorts of settings) and we didn't manage to get rid of the watermark... Anyway, thanks a lot for your quick reply, I'll try it out straight away! Brgds "Graham Mayor" wrote: If you think that will stop the document being copied or duplicated, then I am afraid you are dreaming. However if you want to pursue this, create a one column table as a data file - head it 'Numbers' and below spell out the required numbers one, two, three etc, one for each copy of the document. Save the document. With the document on screen open the merge toolbar (http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm ) and set the document type to 'letters'. Attach the table document you have created as the data source. Open the header/footer view and draw a large text box to fill the pagem set its properties to have no border and its layout to 'behind text. In the text box insert the mergefield Numbers. Toggle the view to show the merge result - it should say 'one'. Format this field to a large size eg 72 points (or your document will be unreadable) and format the colour to a medium shade of grey. Select and copy the field immediately after the first field, then press F4 as many times as it takes to fill the page. You should now have a page filled with "oneoneoneoneoneone". When you are happy with the appearance, close the header view and merge the document to a new document (if you want separate documents you can use the splitter add-in at http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm ) You should now have a document (or documents) with uniquely numbered watermarks. While this was an amusing exercise, it will not stop the document being copied. Any half decent OCR should be able to see through it and produce an unnumbered version. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org HelpNeedy wrote: Hello, I need to print multiple copies of a report which will be distributed to a certain number of (numbered) people. To avoid unauthorized copying of those print-outs I would like to give each copy a number which can then be linked to the recipient (since they will have the same number). To assure that the number on the document cannot be cut off or covered with something or whatever, I would like to have the numbering as watermarks. Is there a way to automatically have a sequential numbering as a watermark when printing out multiple copies of a document? Thanks! |
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Printing numbered copies (watermark)?
This suggests that you intend to distribute the documents in printed form,
and that should probably work. If you distributed them electronically, it would require just a couple of clicks to remove the watermark. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "HelpNeedy" wrote in message ... Dear Graham, of course i'm aware of the fact that also a numbered document can be copied (d'uh! ;o) ), but atleast, should such a copy show up it can be traced back to the original. We've tried copying pages with watermarks on the copying machines available in our offices (using all sorts of settings) and we didn't manage to get rid of the watermark... Anyway, thanks a lot for your quick reply, I'll try it out straight away! Brgds "Graham Mayor" wrote: If you think that will stop the document being copied or duplicated, then I am afraid you are dreaming. However if you want to pursue this, create a one column table as a data file - head it 'Numbers' and below spell out the required numbers one, two, three etc, one for each copy of the document. Save the document. With the document on screen open the merge toolbar (http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm ) and set the document type to 'letters'. Attach the table document you have created as the data source. Open the header/footer view and draw a large text box to fill the pagem set its properties to have no border and its layout to 'behind text. In the text box insert the mergefield Numbers. Toggle the view to show the merge result - it should say 'one'. Format this field to a large size eg 72 points (or your document will be unreadable) and format the colour to a medium shade of grey. Select and copy the field immediately after the first field, then press F4 as many times as it takes to fill the page. You should now have a page filled with "oneoneoneoneoneone". When you are happy with the appearance, close the header view and merge the document to a new document (if you want separate documents you can use the splitter add-in at http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm ) You should now have a document (or documents) with uniquely numbered watermarks. While this was an amusing exercise, it will not stop the document being copied. Any half decent OCR should be able to see through it and produce an unnumbered version. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org HelpNeedy wrote: Hello, I need to print multiple copies of a report which will be distributed to a certain number of (numbered) people. To avoid unauthorized copying of those print-outs I would like to give each copy a number which can then be linked to the recipient (since they will have the same number). To assure that the number on the document cannot be cut off or covered with something or whatever, I would like to have the numbering as watermarks. Is there a way to automatically have a sequential numbering as a watermark when printing out multiple copies of a document? Thanks! |
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Printing numbered copies (watermark)?
It wouldn't be too hard to remove it with OCR from a scanned copy either,
but it is (just) better than nothing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: This suggests that you intend to distribute the documents in printed form, and that should probably work. If you distributed them electronically, it would require just a couple of clicks to remove the watermark. "HelpNeedy" wrote in message ... Dear Graham, of course i'm aware of the fact that also a numbered document can be copied (d'uh! ;o) ), but atleast, should such a copy show up it can be traced back to the original. We've tried copying pages with watermarks on the copying machines available in our offices (using all sorts of settings) and we didn't manage to get rid of the watermark... Anyway, thanks a lot for your quick reply, I'll try it out straight away! Brgds "Graham Mayor" wrote: If you think that will stop the document being copied or duplicated, then I am afraid you are dreaming. However if you want to pursue this, create a one column table as a data file - head it 'Numbers' and below spell out the required numbers one, two, three etc, one for each copy of the document. Save the document. With the document on screen open the merge toolbar (http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm ) and set the document type to 'letters'. Attach the table document you have created as the data source. Open the header/footer view and draw a large text box to fill the pagem set its properties to have no border and its layout to 'behind text. In the text box insert the mergefield Numbers. Toggle the view to show the merge result - it should say 'one'. Format this field to a large size eg 72 points (or your document will be unreadable) and format the colour to a medium shade of grey. Select and copy the field immediately after the first field, then press F4 as many times as it takes to fill the page. You should now have a page filled with "oneoneoneoneoneone". When you are happy with the appearance, close the header view and merge the document to a new document (if you want separate documents you can use the splitter add-in at http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm ) You should now have a document (or documents) with uniquely numbered watermarks. While this was an amusing exercise, it will not stop the document being copied. Any half decent OCR should be able to see through it and produce an unnumbered version. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org HelpNeedy wrote: Hello, I need to print multiple copies of a report which will be distributed to a certain number of (numbered) people. To avoid unauthorized copying of those print-outs I would like to give each copy a number which can then be linked to the recipient (since they will have the same number). To assure that the number on the document cannot be cut off or covered with something or whatever, I would like to have the numbering as watermarks. Is there a way to automatically have a sequential numbering as a watermark when printing out multiple copies of a document? Thanks! |
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