GroupDocs.Watermark set text watermark to the bottom layer even when background prop is disabled

GroupDocs.Watermark Product Family
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This issue only happens for Docx files, it does not happen for PDFs.

Here is a code snippet that I used to test this issue, I used the AddATextWatermark class from the GroupDocs Git repository and did a few changes to it, and I update the watermark lib to 21.3 because the project was using an older version.

	public static void run() {
    // Constants.InDocumentPdf is an absolute or relative path to your document. Ex: "C:\\Docs\\document.pdf"
    Watermarker watermarker = new Watermarker(Constants.InDocumentDocx);

    TextWatermark watermark = new TextWatermark("top secret", new Font("Arial", 36));
    watermark.setForegroundColor(Color.getRed());
    watermark.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
    watermark.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Center);
    watermark.setRotateAngle(45);
    watermark.setBackground(false);

    watermarker.add(watermark);
    watermarker.save(Constants.OutDocumentDocx);

    watermarker.close();
}

SO: Windows 11
Java version: RedHat OpenJDK 11.0.15
GroupDocs.Watermark version: 21.3
Git Project: GitHub - groupdocs-watermark/GroupDocs.Watermark-for-Java: GroupDocs.Watermark for Java examples, plugins and showcase projects
Git Revision: fed5e7f

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@john.mcqueide

Could you please also share a problematic and the output files?

3

Yes, sure. It is the same document used in the snippet from the sample application.

document.docx (36.0 KB)

4

Sorry, I forgot to upload the output file.

output-document.docx (32.1 KB)

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@john.mcqueide

We are investigating this scenario. Your investigation ticket ID is WATERMARKJAVA-109.

6

Just to complete this topic, I saw the opposite happening with Spreadsheet, no matter the value of the background property the watermarks always leave above the content.

public class AddATextWatermark {

public static void run() {
    // Constants.InDocumentPdf is an absolute or relative path to your document. Ex: "C:\\Docs\\document.pdf"
    Watermarker watermarker = new Watermarker(Constants.InDocumentXlsx);

    TextWatermark watermark = new TextWatermark("top secret", new Font("Arial", 96));
    watermark.setForegroundColor(Color.getRed());
    watermark.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
    watermark.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Center);
    watermark.setRotateAngle(45);
    watermark.setBackground(true);

    watermarker.add(watermark);
    watermarker.save(Constants.OutDocumentXlsx);

    watermarker.close();
}

}

Files: files.zip (3.1 MB)

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@john.mcqueide

We are investigating this behavior as well. Your investigation ticket ID is WATERMARKJAVA-110.