How to Add Watermark to Word using Java

This brief tutorial provides details on how to add watermark to Word using Java. It contains complete details to configure the environment, steps to perform the tasks, and a runnable sample code to insert watermark in Word using Java. You will get information about customizing the watermark as well and then save the output file in any of the desired formats like DOCX, DOC, or any other MS Word-supported format.

Steps to Create Watermark in Word using Java

  1. Establish the environment to add Aspose.Words for Java to add a watermark
  2. Create an empty Word document using the Document class object
  3. Instantiate a TextWatermarkOptions object to configure the watermark
  4. Set desired properties for the watermark
  5. Set the text for the document watermark along with the options
  6. Save the output word file with the watermark

These steps define the process to add watermark to Word document using Java. All the important classes are introduced here that is necessary to add the watermark along with the reference to the library that is required for running the sample code. Setting the properties of a watermark is also discussed.

Code to Put a Watermark on a Word Document using Java

This code demonstrates the process to add watermark to Word using Java. It uses TextWatermarkOptions class object for setting the text font family, size, color, layout, and transparency settings. It finally calls the Document.getWatermark().setText() method to set the watermark text using the watermark options.

In this article, we have observed how to insert watermark in Word document using Java. If you want to learn the process to insert pictures in a Word document, refer to the article on how to insert picture in Word using Java.

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