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Try the following
...var myDoc = app.activeDocument,
myPdfExportPreset = "[Smallest File Size]",
myPdfFile = File(myDoc.fullName.fsName.replace(/.indd$/i, "") + ".pdf");
app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.PICAS
var docHeight = myDoc.documentPreferences.pageHeight
var docWidth = myDoc.documentPreferences.pageWidth
with ( myDoc.watermarkPreferences )
{
watermarkVisibility = true;
watermarkDoPrint = true;
watermarkDrawInBack = true;
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Acrobat Pro has Actions, and if you have questions about how to create one, please ask in the Acrobat forum.
Your Action can include adding a watermark, setting options for opening the document, security, running Javascript, etc. You have the option to do it automatically or to review and customize each step.
You might do both:
Create and enable layer, and if you forget, apply it in Acrobat after the fact. You have to decide what works for your workflow.
Setting Layer Options could also work: Printable but not visible. Be sure to Export All Layer as part of your Saved PDF Preset.
All of these require a human making sure the watermark is there. You could check the Scripting forums.
Hi,
Or using The Force! At your own risks! …
Supposing the personal pdf export preset you've saved and want to use here is: "Print_WithoutCropMarks" …
ID file before:
1 light-saber hit with this code:
var myDoc = app.activeDocument,
myPdfExportPreset = "Print_SansHir",
myPdfFile = File(myDoc.fullName + ".pdf");
with ( myDoc.watermarkPreferences )
{
watermarkVisibility = true;
watermarkDoPrint = true;
watermarkDrawInBack = true;
watermarkText = "HAPPY NEW YEAR! (^/)";
watermarkFontFamily = "Arial";
watermarkFontStyle = "Bold";
watermarkFontPointSize = 65;
watermarkFontColor = [180,180,180];
watermarkOpacity = 60;
watermarkRotation = -45;
watermarkHorizontalPosition = WatermarkHorizontalPositionEnum.watermarkHCenter;
watermarkHorizontalOffset = 0;
watermarkVerticalPosition = WatermarkVerticalPositionEnum.watermarkVCenter;
watermarkVerticalOffset = 0;
}
myDoc.asynchronousExportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, myPdfFile, false, myPdfExportPreset);
myDoc.watermarkPreferences.watermarkVisibility = false;
PDF file:
ID file after -- no changes!:
So, … HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
(^/) 
Hey thanks, that might do it, the force is strong in you!
Thank you all for all the answers, I will try some of them 
Happy new year, Obi-wan!
InDesign's "Watermark" is another one of the unfinished features, that did not make it to the UI.
And it comes with some restrictions:
1. It's a global preference for the whole document (or the application).
You cannot define different watermarks for different pages. spreads, sections or alternate layouts.
2. The watermark text can be only one line of text. No chance to break the text to two or more lines.
If you try by using:
watermarkText = "Watermark first line"+"\n"+"second line";
or:
watermarkText = "Watermark first line"+"\r"+"second line";
you will get something like that:
Using a tabulator in the text?
watermarkText = "Draft-1"+"\t"+"Today";
No chance:
3. The view of the pages in the pages panel is not updating instantly if you change the contents of watermarkText.
Adding a rectangle on page 1 and run a script to change watermarkText to "Draft-2".
The pages reflect the change. The pages in the Pages panel do not:
Now I changed the width of the rectangle on page 1.
The new watermarkText contents is changing for the spread of page 1 showing in the Pages panel as well.
Not so with the other spreads showing in the panel.
Best is to change the text of watermarkText, save, close and reopen the document to get the Pages panel fully updated.
Or to change the viewing size of the pages in the panel after changing the contents of watermarkText.
Regards,
Uwe
Hi Uwe,
Sure! … but if you only wanna wish an "Happy New Year!" … or tell your client "Don't forget to pay my bill! …", it could be enough!
(^/)
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