Protect Watermark

[yvessr]

Hello Paul,

here I am again with another question about my word document...
I do know how to insert a watermark, but I do not know if and how this can be protected ?
The meaning is that I would like to send my file to some friends/collegues for evaluation/correction before printing but that they will NOT be able to remove the watermark !...


Thanks so much and best greetingd from Belgium

[macropod]

In that case, save the watermarked copy as a PDF and send that.

[yvessr]

Yes Paul, that's a solution, but is it not possible just to freeze the watermark only in docx so that still the text content can be altered...?

[macropod]

You could insert a Section break right at the start of the document, with the watermark attached to that Section. If you then apply 'filling in forms' protection to just the first Section, recipients will be able to edit other Sections.

Alternatively, you could apply 'No changes (read only)' protection to the entire document, marking everything except for any Section break and the final paragraph break as exceptions.

Both approaches also limit your editing abilities in other ways (e.g. no use of Track Changes), so you'll need to experiment to determine which approach bet meets your needs.

[yvessr]

Thank you very much Paul !