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Creating document watermarks

By default, document watermarks are enabled and overwrite any project watermark that has been created. If you do not create a document watermark, the project watermark, if any, is used on the document.

This procedure affects the entire document, including all layouts of a multi-layout document.

You can use either MicroStrategy Developer (see click here) or MicroStrategy Web (see below) to create a document watermark. Instructions for both follow.

To create a document watermark using MicroStrategy Web

  1. In MicroStrategy Web, open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. From the Tools menu, select Document Properties. The Properties dialog box opens.

  3. From the left, select Watermark.

  4. A watermark can display either text or an image. Perform one of the following sets of steps, depending on whether you want to create a text watermark or an image watermark:

    • To create a text watermark:

      1. From the Watermark drop-down list, select Text watermark.

      2. In the Text field, type the text to display as the watermark, up to 255 characters.

      3. To change the appearance of the text, click Format, which opens the Font Formatting dialog box. You can select the font, size, color, and so on. Click OK when you have made your selections.

      4. By default, the watermark uses the font size defined in the Font Formatting dialog box. To allow the font size to automatically adjust to fill the layout, select the Size font automatically check box. This can be useful if the document contains both portrait and landscape pages.

      5. To fade the watermark to ensure that the document information is legible through the watermark, select the Washout check box.

      6. By default, the text is printed diagonally across the page. To print it horizontally instead, select Horizontal from the Orientation drop-down list.

    • To create an image watermark:

      1. From the Watermark drop-down list, select Image watermark.

        The image file must be available to both the Intelligence Server and to the designers of the document. For details, see Inserting images in a document.

      2. Type the path and file name of the image in the Source field.

      3. By default, the image is automatically resized to fit within the document margins while retaining its aspect ratio. To scale the image manually, select a percentage from the Scale drop-down list.

  5. Click OK to return to the document.

To create a document watermark using MicroStrategy Developer

  1. In MicroStrategy Developer, open the document in Design View.

  2. From the Format menu, select Document Properties. The Document Properties dialog box opens.

  3. Select Document.

  4. Click Format in the Watermark area. The Watermark dialog box opens.

  5. Perform one of the following sets of steps, depending on whether you want to create a text watermark or an image watermark:

    • To create a text watermark:

      1. Select Text watermark.

      2. In the Text field, type the text to display as the watermark, up to 255 characters.

      3. To change the appearance of the text, click Format, which opens the Font tab of the Format Cells dialog box. You can select the font, size, color, and so on. Click OK when you have made your selections.

      4. By default, the watermark uses the font size defined in the Format Cells dialog box. To allow the font size to automatically adjust to fill the layout, select the Size font automatically check box. This can be useful if the document contains both portrait and landscape pages.

      5. To fade the watermark to ensure that the document information is legible through the watermark, select the Washout check box.

        Any object that has a fill color, including a white fill, covers the watermark. If you want a watermark to show through a Grid/Graph, set the background of the Grid/Graph's cells to transparent. Similarly, the background of a text field, rectangle, and so on must be transparent to allow the watermark to show through these objects.

      6. By default, the text is printed diagonally across the page. To print it horizontally instead, select Horizontal from the Orientation drop-down list.

    • To create an image watermark:

      The image file must be available to both the Intelligence Server and to the designers of the document. For details, see Inserting images in a document.

      1. Select Image watermark.

      2. Click … (the Browse button) next to the Source field. The Image Source dialog box opens.

      3. Do one of the following to select and preview the image file:

        • Type the path and file name of the image in the text field. Click Preview.

        • Click … (the Browse button) and select the image file. The preview area automatically displays the image.

      4. By default, the image is automatically resized to fit within the document margins while retaining its aspect ratio. To scale the image manually, select a percentage from the Scale drop-down list.

        The Washout option is not available for an image watermark, as you can achieve the same result by creating the image using faded or dim colors.

  6. Click OK to return to the document.