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Removing Word Watermarks in pdfs

HelenL
Registered: Feb 24 2009
Posts: 3

I have Version 7 Professional and am trying to remove watermarks from document created in Word and then turned into a pdf, without security. (The original word file is no longer available). Any suggestions please?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0, Windows
Appligentdocume...
Registered: Oct 10 2008
Posts: 26
There is no way to remove watermarks. You could redact them, but not in version 7

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HelenL
Registered: Feb 24 2009
Posts: 3
Thank you
gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
With version 6 or above for Acrobat/Reader you can toggle the watermark display:

A function that toggle all Watermark OCGs.function ToggleWatermark(doc){var ocgArray = doc.getOCGs();for (var i=0; i < ocgArray.length; i++) {if (ocgArray[i].name == "Watermark") {ocgArray[i].state = !ocgArray[i].state;}}}

You can then run this code withToggleWatermark(this)
This code will

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Sundeep
Registered: Aug 20 2010
Posts: 1
I have the same issue. Where do I post this code. Please give me the instructions

Thank You.
UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
Open the JavaScript debugging console (Ctrl-J or CMD-J)
Press return once to wake it up, and put your cursor on a new line.
Paste the below snippet into the console.

var ocgArray = doc.getOCGs();for (var i=0; i < ocgArray.length; i++) {if (ocgArray[i].name == "Watermark") { ocgArray[i].state = !ocgArray[i].state;}}

Select the code with your mouse, then press CTRL-ENTER (CMD-ENTER) to run it.


Note that all this does is show and hide the watermark layer - it's still in the document, and you can't apply it if the layer is locked by file security. If it's set to "always print", hiding it won't stop it appearing on the printout either.

To actually get rid of a watermark that wasn't added by Acrobat, you need to use the redaction and optimize tools.