Add Text and Image Watermarks to Word Documents in Java

A watermark is text or an image that displays behind the text in a document. We can put text to indicate a document’s state (confidential, draft, etc.) and can also use images to declare the authority of it. Here’s how to add text and image watermarks to word documents by using Free Spire.Doc for Java.

Add Jar to Project

Step 1. Download the latest version of Free Spire.Doc for Java from here.Unzip the package, and you’ll find Spire.Doc.jar file under the lib folder.

Step 2. Create a java project in your IED and add the jar file as a dependency. Here is what it looks like in IntelliJ IDEA.

Using the code

Example 1: Add Text Watermark

import com.spire.doc.Document;
import com.spire.doc.FileFormat;
import com.spire.doc.TextWatermark;
import com.spire.doc.documents.WatermarkLayout;
import java.awt.*;

public class WordTextWatermark {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
      

        //create a Document object
        Document document = new Document();
       

        //load a Word document
        document.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Test1\\Desktop\\Sample.docx");
      

        //create a TextWatermark object and set the content
        TextWatermark txtWatermark = new TextWatermark();
        txtWatermark.setText("Draft");
        txtWatermark.setFontSize(40);
        txtWatermark.setColor(Color.red);
        txtWatermark.setLayout(WatermarkLayout.Diagonal);
       

        //apply the watermark to the document
        document.setWatermark(txtWatermark);
       

        //save the document
        document.saveToFile("output/TextWatermark.docx", FileFormat.Docx );
    }
}

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Example 2: Add Image Watermark

import com.spire.doc.Document;

import com.spire.doc.FileFormat;

import com.spire.doc.PictureWatermark;


public class WordImageWatermark {

    public static void main(String[] args) {



        //create a Document object

        Document document = new Document();



        //load a Word document

        document.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Test1\\Desktop\\Sample.docx");



        //create a PictureWatermark object and set the image path

        PictureWatermark picture = new PictureWatermark();

        picture.setPicture("C:\\Users\\Test1\\Desktop\\logo.png");

        picture.isWashout(false);

        picture.setScaling(200);



        //apply image watermark to the document

        document.setWatermark(picture);



        //save to file

        document.saveToFile("output/ImageWatermark.docx", FileFormat.Docx );

    }

}

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