Add WordArt Watermark to Worksheet in Aspose.Cells

The following example shows how to add a WordArt shape to set a background watermark for a worksheet.

After running the code the output file contains a pale red WordArt watermark.

The output file

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C#

 string FilePath = @"..\..\..\Sample Files\";

string FileName = FilePath + "Add WordArt Watermark to Worksheet.xlsx";

//Instantiate a new Workbook

Workbook workbook = new Workbook();

//Get the first default sheet

Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

//Add Watermark

Aspose.Cells.Drawing.Shape wordart = sheet.Shapes.AddTextEffect(MsoPresetTextEffect.TextEffect1,

"CONFIDENTIAL", "Arial Black", 50, false, true

, 18, 8, 1, 1, 130, 800);

//Get the fill format of the word art

MsoFillFormat wordArtFormat = wordart.FillFormat;

//Set the color

wordArtFormat.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;

//Set the transparency

wordArtFormat.Transparency = 0.9;

//Make the line invisible

MsoLineFormat lineFormat = wordart.LineFormat;

lineFormat.IsVisible = false;

//Save the file

workbook.Save(FileName);

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