GroupDocs.Watermark for Java Releases

Released: Apr 24, 2026

Updates in V26.4

Features

  • Added support for Word preview rewrite.
  • Added support for Word strict compliance.
  • Added support for keeping Word XML format.
  • Added support for Image inpainting.

Released: Sep 8, 2025

Updates in V25.9

Features

  • Added the ability to specify file type when opening a document.

Fixes

  • Watermark appears corrupted when using TextAlignment.Center in image.
  • High CPU Usage.
  • Technical improvements and internal optimization.

Released: Jun 30, 2025

Updates in V25.6

Features

  • Improved searching options with PageNumber.
  • Added support for using Spreadsheet ModernWordArt as default watermark shape.
  • Added support for multiline text in the Excel ModernWordArt.

Fixes

  • Option PagesSetup applies watermark for the second page when using.
  • Option PagesSetup doesn't work properly when OddPages selected.
  • Tile linespacing value doesn't work for slides documents.

Released: Nov 30, 2024

Updates in V24.11

Fixes

  • Tiled watermarks don't work.
  • Watermark is only added to the last page of the document with 2 pages.

Released: Oct 25, 2024

Updates in V24.10

Features

  • Added the ability to configure tile options in points.
  • Added the ability to rotate tiled watermarks relative to the center of the document.

Fixes

  • Fixed calculation of spacing between watermarks in the tile mode.
  • PagesSetup option used zero based pages.
  • Adding annotation watermark in the PDF document takes a long time.

Released: May 28, 2024

Updates in V24.5

Features

  • Added the ability to create tiled watermarks in PDF documents.
  • Extended the functionality of tiled watermarks for Presentation formats.
  • Extended the functionality of tiled watermarks for Visio documents.
  • Extended the functionality of tiled watermarks in a spreadsheet type document.
  • Added the ability to use custom fonts for text watermarks.

Fixes

  • Fixing PDF watermark uses artifact approach when passing PdfXObjectWatermarkOptions.
  • Extending the functionality of tiled watermarks for Word...

Released: Dec 30, 2023

Updates in V23.12

Features

  • Added new property which allows you to set the padding of text watermarks.
  • Improved watermark rendering quality for PDF documents on Linux.
  • Added strikeout font style support for text watermarks in PDF files.
  • Added an underlined font style for shapes in DOCX formats.
  • Added a new 'Pages Setup' feature which allows users to precisely designate the pages within a document where a watermark should be applied.

Fixes

  • Watermark opacity doesn't work on Linux.
  • Font style underline does not work...

Released: Mar 29, 2021

Updates in V21.3

Features

  • Added custom preview options for Microsoft Office document formats.
  • New logging functionality allows you to record events that occur in the GroupDocs.Watermark library.
  • Removed obsolete API (legacy namespace).

Released: May 14, 2020

Updates in V20.5

Features

  • Added the ability to edit minor shape properties in Microsoft Visio documents.

Released: Jan 31, 2020

Updates in V20.1

Features

  • Added new public API.
  • The legacy API has been moved to a legacy package. After updating to this version you need to replace com.groupdocs.watermark to com.groupdocs.watermark.legacy to resolve build issues.