Set Background Image and Background Color for Word document in Java

In a Word document, you can quickly add visual appeal to your text by adding a background image or color. Adding a colorful background image can be helpful when creating a brochure, Word document, or marketing materials. In this article, I’ll share with you how to set background image and background color for Word document by using Free Spire.Doc for Java.

Installation

Before coding, please download the latest version of Free Spire.Doc for Java through this link, unzip the package and then add Spire.Doc.jar in lib folder into your application as dependency. The following screenshot is what it finally looks like.

Example 1 Set background image

import com.spire.doc.*;
import com.spire.doc.documents.BackgroundType;

public class BackgroundImage {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String inputFile="C:\\Users\\Test1\\Desktop\\Sample.docx";
        String backgroundImg="C:\\Users\\Test1\\Desktop\\Image.jpg";
        String outputFile="output/BackgroundImage.docx";

        //load a word document
        Document document= new Document(inputFile);

        //set the background type as picture
        document.getBackground().setType(BackgroundType.Picture);

        //set the background picture
        document.getBackground().setPicture(backgroundImg);

        //save the file
        document.saveToFile(outputFile, FileFormat.Docx);
    }
}

Output

Example 2 Set background color

Part 1 Set background solid color

import com.spire.doc.*;import com.spire.doc.documents.BackgroundType;import java.awt.*;

public class BackgroundSolidColor {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String inputFile="C:\\Users\\Test1\\Desktop\\Sample.docx";

        String outputFile="output/BackgroundSolidClor.docx";

               //load a word document

        Document document= new Document(inputFile);

               document.getBackground().setType(BackgroundType.Color);

        document.getBackground().setColor(Color.lightGray);


        //save the file

        document.saveToFile(outputFile, FileFormat.Docx);

    }

}

Output

Part 2 Set background gradient color

import com.spire.doc.*;

import com.spire.doc.documents.BackgroundType;

import com.spire.doc.documents.GradientShadingStyle;

import com.spire.doc.documents.GradientShadingVariant;

import java.awt.*;

public class BackgroundGradientColor {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String inputFile="C:\\Users\\Test1\\Desktop\\Sample.docx";

        String outputFile="output/BackgroundGradientColor.docx";

        //load a word document

        Document document= new Document(inputFile);

        document.getBackground().setType(BackgroundType.Gradient);

        document.getBackground().getGradient().setColor1(Color.white);

        document.getBackground().getGradient().setColor2(Color.cyan);

        document.getBackground().getGradient().setShadingVariant(GradientShadingVariant.Shading_Down);

        document.getBackground().getGradient().setShadingStyle(GradientShadingStyle.Horizontal);

        //save the file

        document.saveToFile(outputFile, FileFormat.Docx_2013);

    }

}

Output