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Removing Backgrounds

Acrobat is designed to protect the integrity of your document, and once the file is saved with the background, you can't remove it. If you aren't sure about the background, or want to use the document both with and without a background or watermark, save the file with another name.

There is a tricky workaround for the permanent background. Follow these steps:

1.	Choose Document > Add Watermark & Background to open the dialog shown in Figure 81a. Figure 81a. Add text or graphic watermarks and backgrounds from the same dialog. [View full size image]
2.	Choose Add a Background or Add a Watermark in the Type area, and then specify where you want the background or watermark to display (it can be shown on screen and in print). Image Protection Do you have a need for distributing large numbers of images? And do you spend a great deal of time adding a watermark to the images? Save yourself a whopping load of time by combining the content into a PDF document and adding a watermark through Acrobat. Add text or use your watermarking image and adjust the transparency.
3.	Click Browse to select a source document to use for a graphic background or watermark. If the document has more than one page, select the page you want to use (Figure 81b). Figure 81b. Choose the type of content you want to add, and then locate the PDF file you want to use.
4.	Select the range of pages you want to receive the background or watermark.
5.	Modify the position, appearance, and size of the background or watermark content as desired. Then set the horizontal and vertical alignments and rotation. Adjust the opacity by using the slider (Figure 81c). Figure 81c. Adjust the location and appearance of the text on the page.
6.	Check your adjustments in the Preview area. When you are satisfied with the results, click OK to close the dialog and apply the background or watermark.

Pages Here and Pages There If you want to apply the background to pages that are scattered throughout a document, arrange them in the Pages pane in a continuous sequence before opening the Add Watermark & Background dialog. Or you can reapply the command several times to apply the background throughout the document. If you have one page in particular that you aren't sure about, move that page to the start of the document. In the Add Watermark & Background dialog, the first page is shown in the preview area.

You can add both a background and a watermark to the same document. In the same example, I have added both a graphic background and a text watermark.

1.	In the Add Watermark & Background dialog, select the Add a Watermark radio button.
2.	Then click the From text radio button in the Source area of the dialog (Figure 81d). Figure 81d. You can add both a watermark and a background to the same document. [View full size image]
3.	Type the text to use for the watermark in the text field.
4.	Choose font and color characteristics, and adjust the text location as required.
5.	When the text is just right, as shown in the preview area of Figure 81d, click OK to close the dialog and apply the watermark.