Use C#VB.NET Insert Watermark into Word Document

Watermark is a valuable asset to any Microsoft Word document. It lets user to mark the document

as private, confidential, and write any text that informs about the usage & credibility of the

document. Sometimes, a watermark is a recognizable background image or pattern that is

embedded in a document at various shades of lightness or darkness. Actually, the standard

placement of a watermark is done in such a way in the background (e.g. diagonal) to catch the

reader’s eye and to convey a readily recognizable message that portrays the status of the document

(e.g. confidential, draft, ASAP, etc.). Of course there are other non-standard methods of

embedding a watermark, such as adding your own image.

Watermark appears on printed page whatever text or image can mark document for specific use.

The text or image you use can be an emblem of some brand, logo of a company, monogram of a

product, etc. Microsoft Word supports both text and image watermark. Using watermark feature in

Word document would be helpful to inform audience of your document about the constraints over

the usage you have applied. Today, I will share a solution to use watermark in Word document for

C#/VB.NET.

In this solution, before using C#/VB.NET insert watermark in Word document, we need know

Spire.Doc, a MS Word component which enables user to perform a wide range of Word document

processing tasks directly, such as generate, read, write and modify Word document for .NET and

Silverlight. Now, just follow the simple steps below and we can add watermark in document.

Step 1

Download Spire.Doc and install on your system

Step 2

Create a windows form project in Visual Studio and drag a button onto the window. Add

Spire.Doc.dll as reference.

Step 3

Double-click the button and write the code below into the project. Here you can design at your

wish.

C# Code:

using System;

using System.Text;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using Spire.Doc;

using Spire.Doc.Documents;

namespace watermark

{

public partial class Form1 : Form

{

public Form1()

{

InitializeComponent();

}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

//Create word document

Document document = new Document();

InsertWatermark(document);

//Save doc file.

document.SaveToFile("Sample.doc", FileFormat.Doc);

//Launching the MS Word file.

WordDocViewer("Sample.doc");

}

private void InsertWatermark(Document document)

{

Paragraph paragraph = document.AddSection().AddParagraph();

paragraph.AppendText("The sample demonstrates how to insert a watermark into a

document.");

paragraph.ApplyStyle(BuiltinStyle.Heading2);

paragraph = document.Sections[0].AddParagraph();

paragraph.AppendText("Watermark is a valuable asset to any Microsoft Word

document. It lets user to mark the document as private, confidential, and write any text

that informs about the usage & credibility of the document. Sometimes, a watermark is a

recognizable background image or pattern that is embedded in a document at various

shades of lightness or darkness. Actually, the standard placement of a watermark is done

in such a way in the background (e.g. diagonal) to catch the reader’s eye and to convey a

readily recognizable message that portrays the status of the document (e.g. confidential,

draft, ASAP, etc.). Of course there are other non-standard methods of embedding a

watermark, such as adding your own image.");

paragraph = document.Sections[0].AddParagraph();

paragraph = document.Sections[0].AddParagraph();

paragraph.AppendText("Watermark appears on printed page whatever text or

image can mark document for specific use. The text or image you use can be an emblem of

some brand, logo of a company, monogram of a product, etc. Microsoft Word supports both

text and image watermark. Using watermark feature in Word document would be helpful to

inform audience of your document about the constraints over the usage you have applied.

Today, I will share a solution to use watermark in Word document for C#/VB.NET.");

paragraph = document.Sections[0].AddParagraph();

paragraph = document.Sections[0].AddParagraph();

paragraph.AppendText("The sample demonstrates how to insert a watermark into a

document.");

paragraph = document.Sections[0].AddParagraph();

paragraph = document.Sections[0].AddParagraph();

paragraph.AppendText("In this solution, before using C#/VB.NET insert watermark

in Word document, we need know Spire.Doc, a MS Word component which enables user to

perform a wide range of Word document processing tasks directly, such as generate, read,

write and modify Word document for .NET and Silverlight. Now, just follow the simple steps

below and we can add watermark in document.");

paragraph = document.Sections[0].AddParagraph();

paragraph = document.Sections[0].AddParagraph();

paragraph.AppendText("Spire.Doc can generate, modify, convert, render and print

documents without utilizing Microsoft Word.");

TextWatermark txtWatermark = new TextWatermark();

txtWatermark.Text = "E-ICEBLUE";

txtWatermark.FontSize = 70;

txtWatermark.Layout = WatermarkLayout.Diagonal;

document.Watermark = txtWatermark;

}

private void WordDocViewer(string fileName)

{

try

{

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(fileName);

}

catch { }

}

}

}

VB.NET Code:

Imports System

Imports System.Text

Imports System.Windows.Forms

Imports Spire.Doc

Imports Spire.Doc.Documents

Namespace watermark

Partial Public Class Form1

Inherits Form

Public Sub New()

InitializeComponent()

End Sub

Private Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As

EventArgs)

'Create word document

Dim document As New Document()

InsertWatermark(document)

'Save doc file.

document.SaveToFile("Sample.doc", FileFormat.Doc)

'Launching the MS Word file.

WordDocViewer("Sample.doc")

End Sub

Private Sub InsertWatermark(ByVal document As Document)

Dim paragraph As Paragraph =

document.AddSection().AddParagraph()

paragraph.AppendText("The sample demonstrates how to

insert a watermark into a document.")

paragraph.ApplyStyle(BuiltinStyle.Heading2)

paragraph = document.Sections(0).AddParagraph()

paragraph.AppendText("Watermark is a valuable asset to any

Microsoft Word document. It lets user to mark the document as

private, confidential, and write any text that informs about the

usage & credibility of the document. Sometimes, a watermark is a

recognizable background image or pattern that is embedded in a

document at various shades of lightness or darkness. Actually, the

standard placement of a watermark is done in such a way in the

background (e.g. diagonal) to catch the reader’s eye and to convey a

readily recognizable message that portrays the status of the document (e.g.

confidential, draft, ASAP, etc.). Of course there are other non-standard methods of

embedding a watermark, such as adding your own image.")

paragraph = document.Sections(0).AddParagraph()

paragraph = document.Sections(0).AddParagraph()

paragraph.AppendText("Watermark appears on printed page

whatever text or image can mark document for specific use. The text or image

you use can be an emblem of some brand, logo of a company, monogram of a

product, etc. Microsoft Word supports both text and image watermark. Using

watermark feature in Word document would be helpful to inform audience of your

document about the constraints over the usage you have applied. Today, I will

share a solution to use watermark in Word document for C#/VB.NET.")

paragraph = document.Sections(0).AddParagraph()

paragraph = document.Sections(0).AddParagraph()

paragraph.AppendText("The sample demonstrates how to insert a

watermark into a document.")

paragraph = document.Sections(0).AddParagraph()

paragraph = document.Sections(0).AddParagraph()

paragraph.AppendText("In this solution, before using C#/VB.NET

insert watermark in Word document, we need know Spire.Doc, a MS Word

component which enables user to perform a wide range of Word document

processing tasks directly, such as generate, read, write and modify Word

document for .NET and Silverlight. Now, just follow the simple steps below and we

can add watermark in document.")

paragraph = document.Sections(0).AddParagraph()

paragraph = document.Sections(0).AddParagraph()

paragraph.AppendText("Spire.Doc can generate, modify, convert,

render and print documents without utilizing Microsoft Word.")

Dim txtWatermark As New TextWatermark()

txtWatermark.Text = "E-ICEBLUE"

txtWatermark.FontSize = 70

txtWatermark.Layout = WatermarkLayout.Diagonal

document.Watermark = txtWatermark

End Sub

Private Sub WordDocViewer(ByVal fileName As String)

TrySystem.Diagnostics.Process.Start(fileName)

Catch

End Try

End Sub

End Class

End Namespace

Step 4

Press F5 to start your project and click the button. The Word document with watermark will be

generated automatically.

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