Prerequisite

• Access to the Configuration > Document > Watermark (DC045) menu.

Introduction

Among the various resources available for document watermark, it is possible to configure a link that allows for cancelling copies from a document itself.

This feature adds an extra control layer to document management. 

This article will show how to add a cancellation link to a watermark configuration in order to ensure more security and traceability in copy control.

Adding a link to a watermark

1. Access the Configuration > Document > Watermark (DC045) menu.

2. Locate the configuration and hover the mouse over it.

3. Expand the More button and click on Open data.

4. In the General tab, select the Controlled copy status.

5. In the Margin section, enter the values that will delimit, in millimeters, the printing area of the watermark.

6. Click on the button from the side toolbar.

7. In the Alignment field of the General tab, set the position of the link in relation to the printing area of the electronic file.

8. Check the text option and define the formatting of the cancellation link in the watermark, such as its font, size, and color.

9. Click on to enable the Text item tab.

10. In the Text item tab, click on the button.

11. In the Type field, select the Protocol data option. 

12. In the Sequence field, define the display order of the item in the watermark.

13. In the Item field, select the Copy cancellation link option.

14. Click on the button from the item data screen, from the item addition screen and from the watermark general record screen.

Conclusion

Thus, the copy cancellation link has been added as an item of the watermark. To use it in documents, the watermark must be associated with the category of the desired document.