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Save word doc as non-editable and place watermark over the text
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1) I'm wondering if I can save a word document as non-editable? I want to prevent others from copying my text. 2) Is it possible to place a watermark over the text? |
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Save word doc as non-editable and place watermark over the text
It is impossible to prevent anyone you allow to view your text from copying
it. You can merely make it more difficult. Yes you can add watermarks to your document. A watermark is simply a graphical image placed behind the text. For it to be of any use, you need to save the word document as a graphical image, or series of images (SnagIt will do that) then save the resulting graphic(s) as a PDF. It will not stop the really determined from copying, but it will make it difficult to do so. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "dandeliondream" wrote in message ... Hi, 1) I'm wondering if I can save a word document as non-editable? I want to prevent others from copying my text. 2) Is it possible to place a watermark over the text? |
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Save word doc as non-editable and place watermark over the text
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:13:50 +0200, "Graham Mayor"
wrote: For it to be of any use, you need to save the word document as a graphical image, or series of images (SnagIt will do that) then save the resulting graphic(s) as a PDF. It will not stop the really determined from copying, but it will make it difficult to do so. It will also increase the file size drastically, although you could keep it lower by compressing the images. That could make the file hard to read, however. Ian |
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Save word doc as non-editable and place watermark over the text
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:53:45 -0500, Ian Rastall
wrote: It will also increase the file size drastically, although you could keep it lower by compressing the images. That could make the file hard to read, however. Sorry to respond to my own post. If someone had a copy of Adobe Acrobat, they could use the built-in optical character recognition to create a text file from the images in the PDF. Again, compression makes that harder, by making the text more pixelated, but pixelated text is a drag. Ian |
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Save word doc as non-editable and place watermark over the text
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:53:45 -0500, Ian Rastall
wrote: It will also increase the file size drastically, although you could keep it lower by compressing the images. That could make the file hard to read, however. Sorry to respond to my own post. If someone had a copy of Adobe Acrobat, they could use the built-in optical character recognition to create a text file from the images in the PDF. Again, compression makes that harder, by making the text more pixelated, but pixelated text is a drag. Ian |
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Save word doc as non-editable and place watermark over the text
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:13:50 +0200, "Graham Mayor"
wrote: For it to be of any use, you need to save the word document as a graphical image, or series of images (SnagIt will do that) then save the resulting graphic(s) as a PDF. It will not stop the really determined from copying, but it will make it difficult to do so. It will also increase the file size drastically, although you could keep it lower by compressing the images. That could make the file hard to read, however. Ian |
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Save word doc as non-editable and place watermark over the text
It is impossible to prevent anyone you allow to view your text from copying
it. You can merely make it more difficult. Yes you can add watermarks to your document. A watermark is simply a graphical image placed behind the text. For it to be of any use, you need to save the word document as a graphical image, or series of images (SnagIt will do that) then save the resulting graphic(s) as a PDF. It will not stop the really determined from copying, but it will make it difficult to do so. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "dandeliondream" wrote in message ... Hi, 1) I'm wondering if I can save a word document as non-editable? I want to prevent others from copying my text. 2) Is it possible to place a watermark over the text? |
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