Need tilated text watermark to pdf files

[ChrisCrystalize]

The watermark feature only allows for a single line of text to be applied to a document. I want to tilate this at a 45 degree angle so it is repeated throughout the entire document and a very low opacity setting so it is barely visible. Is this possible or do I have to find another program for this? I looked all over the settings for watermark in Adobe Acrobat and there's no tilate option. Brochure Magic did this to any document but this is an XP program that won't run on Windows 10. Please advise. 

Thank you

Chris

[Bernd Alheit]

You can use a image as watermark.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

What version of Acrobat are you using? 

[ChrisCrystalize]

2020. I found a copy of Brochure Magic on Amazon for $7 but being a XP program it won't install on Windows 10, even in compatibility mode. I have a copy of XP Pro I bought in 2006 and installed it on a VM in VirtualBox but I can't get XP to read the CD. Win 10 sees the CD and the DVD drive shows up in My Computer but XP won't see the CD. I can try to copy the CD to a folder and upload to Dropbox and download from the virtual machine but I'll have to install a newer browser than IE 6 to do that and that can only be done by CD or USB. I'll live with the free PDF Watermark program I found for now as it tilates in column strips. All of you who have responded have been very helpful.

[ChrisCrystalize]

 

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

I understand now--thanks. It appears you have some good options to try.

Try67 give you some nice code.

Bernd suggested an image. (Being a basic coder, I would have created the text in Illustrator, rotated it, saved it as PDF, and used the PDF as a watermark.)

[ChrisCrystalize]

[ChrisCrystalize]

I'll live with this program. It is called a tilling watermark. I only typed the sentence one time. Brochure Magic did this across the entire face of the document, not in column strips like this one.

[try67]

Using an image is the best option, I think. The second best is to fake it by manually duplicating the string you want to use for the watermark, adding a line-break character at the end of each line. For example:

var wtmText = "Test Test Test Test Test Test\nTest Test Test Test Test Test\nTest Test Test Test Test Test\nTest Test Test Test Test Test\nTest Test Test Test Test Test\nTest Test Test Test Test Test\nTest Test Test Test Test Test\nTest Test Test Test Test Test";
this.addWatermarkFromText({cText: wtmText, nRotation: 45, nOpacity: 0.25, nFontSize: 36});

The result:

[ChrisCrystalize]

Trying to get Brochure Magic to run on Windows 10, not too successful. It did the job perfectly without any manual playing around. I guess there wasn't much need for such a function as most watermarking programs for pdfs or Word documents do not have this feature. Thanks for your help.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

I'm a little dense and not really understanding what you want to do. I'm assuming by "titated" you mean "tilted" or at an angle. Do I have that wrong?

[ChrisCrystalize]

I want the same sentence to run in repetition at a 45 degree angle in 9 point text at a 3 percent opacity all over the document. Brochure Magic had a function in which you could do this but this is an XP application and won't run on Windows 10. The software company that makes this program is no longer in business. I found a free PDF watermarking program that does something similar but in column strips. I can upload a sample of what I'm talking about when I get home from work and on my computer. Brochure Magic would simply create the watermark and you could direct the output right to your printer. You didn't have to import a PDF document into the program and then print the final results. A picture is worth 1000 words so I'll post a screenshot of something similar to what I want in the morning when on my PC. Thanks for responding.

[ChrisCrystalize]

That's close. I would like the whole document covered. The copy of Brochure Magic I had came free with an HP multifunction printer I bought in 2004. I don't even remember if the software intended that function to be used as a watermark. All I know it was very useful in the documents I create and now 16 years later need a modern program that will do something similar.

[try67]

It was just an example, the more times you duplicate the text, the more it will cover of the page.

[try67]

Duplicated it a couple of more times and made each line longer, and got this:

The code:

var wtmText = "Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test\n";
wtmText+=wtmText;
wtmText+=wtmText;
wtmText+=wtmText;
wtmText+=wtmText;
wtmText+=wtmText;
this.addWatermarkFromText({cText: wtmText, nRotation: 45, nOpacity: 0.25, nFontSize: 36});