Objective:

• To understand how to remove the COPY watermark from individual policies

Environment:

• PolicyStat

Additional Information:

The COPY watermark is present on all document PDFs by default.

Procedure:

Hiding the Watermark (Draft Version)

1. Open a draft version of a policy*.
2. From the Properties tab, locate and click the Advanced Properties menu
3. Select the toggle to hide the watermark for that document.
   regardless of the permissions level of the user generating the PDF. You can set this to Yes and the COPY watermark will not display on the PDF version.

*Hiding the watermark via a draft requires elevated Edit permissions. Roles include Owners, Approvers, Area Editors, Area Managers, and Site Administrators.

This section applies to the following user roles:
   

Removing the Watermark: Site Administrator (Individual Policies)

When Site Administrators are viewing a Pending or Active version of a policy, they can print

1. Click Printer Friendly in the blue toolbar to Generate a Printer Friendly PDF.
   
2. A pop-up menu will ask you if you would like to include (1) or remove (2) the watermark from the PDF.
   

This section applies to the following user roles:

Removing the Watermark: Site Administrator (Individual Policies)

When generating PDF backups, Site Administrators can also hide the watermark on the PDFs being generated.

This section applies to the following user roles: