Hi,
Im planning on making some templates up for my print company to give out to clients. Im just wondering if there is away i can watermark the indesign file with our logo etc without the client being about to remove it when they open it in there copy of indesign?
If needs must i can just give them a PDF template but id rather hand them indesign templates when i can...
Using indesign CS4 or CS5.
Bugger, I had a vage memory of something I though might work by making the master none editably but couldnt remember if you could do it with a password etc.
I think the clients can be trusted to be honest and even if they do give away the templates afterwards i dont really see a huge loss but the companys sales team doesnt trust anyone.
Well thanks for the help, you just saved me lots of playing around.
In your InDesign document, choose File -> File Info ... and fill in the fields with useful default data. The "Title" and "Author" fields will appear as such in any PDF that gets exported from it, as can be seen in "Document Info" in Acrobat Reader or Pro. The "Title" will also appear if you select to show the title, instead of the default file name, in the title bar on opening the document.
And they appear in Google if the PDF is put online, so it might be a bad idea to plainly state "Do Not Distribute" into these fields. But all of the other fields of File Info also get stored in any PDF, so you can fill in a default "Description Writer" , "Copyright Notice", and "Copyright status".
Apart from that: it's even possible to add custom data with the File Info field, and that will also get stored into any exported PDF.
Note that any and all information in the File Info field only gets exported by InDesign on a straightforward export to PDF. Printing to a file, then distilling it, for example, will not retain it.
It's very simple:
With InDesign file open go
>File
>File Info
>Description Tab
After you've added your copyright info export xmp data which makes it easier to apply same notice to other files.
You could also add a copyright message on the page as well.
This use of metadata can also be applied in other Adobe applications
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