Is there a way to remove the washout feature of Microsoft Word watermark?

Gabriel David 21 Reputation points
2021-11-23T08:19:58.647+00:00

When adding a watermark to the header of the word document, it automatically adds opacity to it. I want to remove that opacity and upon checking on the Microsoft Word itself, I found out that it can be removed by unchecking the Washout option. Can this be removed using OpenXML?

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  1. Tom Jebo 1,996 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-11-30T18:19:20.18+00:00

    Hi @Gabriel David ,

    As far as the Office Open XML (ISO 29500) markup is concerned, watermarks are added to the header parts as images. You can use either VML or DrawingML to add the image and I've provided screenshots below of what that looks like in a header part after adding the watermark. Also in the screenshots you'll see the diff of what was changed after removing the washout option. In the VML it's the gain and blacklevel attributes on the imagedata element. In the DrawingML, it's the lum element's bright and contrast attributes. If you need more help with coding this in the OpenXML SDK, a better bet would be to ask this on StackOverflow or the github issue list for the SDK. Having said all this, I see that you did ask on StackOverflow here:

    openxml-is-there-a-way-to-remove-the-washout-feature-of-microsoft-word-waterma

    And looks like you found the information already about these elements. I've still included the diff images for the sake of the community.

    VML:
    153812-image.png

    DrawingML:
    153785-image.png

    Best regards,
    Tom Jebo
    Sr Escalation Engineer
    Microsoft Open Specifications Support

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