Copy of Creating Custom Report Watermarks

Watermarks are images that can be included in the background of a report generated in Companion.

Watermarks can be customized in the User Defined Information Module, under the Reporting menu.

To add a new watermark, click Add on the toolbar and fill out all of the required fields.

Field

Explanation

Name

The name of the watermark to appear in the list.

Icon

An optional icon to represent the watermark in the list view.

Pages

Which pages the watermark will appear on.

All But First	Watermark will show on all pages except the first page.
All Pages	Watermark will show on all pages of the report.
First Page	Watermark will show on the first page only.
None	Watermark will not show on any pages in the report.

Scale

How or if the image size will be adjusted to the size of the page.

Clip	Image will be displayed at actual size.
Hide	Image will not be displayed.
Scale	Image will be resized to fit the page height or width, maintaining the original image proportions.
Stretch	Image will be resized in all dimensions to completely fill the report page.
Tile	Image will be displayed at actual size and tiled across the report page.

Alignment

Where on the page the watermark image will be displayed. (Does not apply if Scale is set to "Hide", "Stretch" or "Tile".)

Click on the Locate button to select the watermark image.

Creating a Custom Watermark Image

The recommended Watermark image size in Companion is 630 pixels wide by 120 pixels high.

Any image editing program can be used to create one.

To make the watermark image look appropriately faint, a recommended RGB value for the grey color is (239,239,239).