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    Watermarking is not reproduced on pdf
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    Posted by Bouillou  · 18-05-2015 - 08:40

    Hello, I generate a .docx with a watermarking successfully. Then, this file is well converted to PDF but the watermarking is not reproduce. Is there any limitation to use watermarking text when converting to PDF? I am using version 4.6 with openoffice in headless mode Best regards

    Posted by admin  · 18-05-2015 - 08:53

    Hello, Please do the same transformation using the plugin conversion based on LibreOffice. The backgrounds don't appear in the PDF but the watermarks must appear. Regards.

    Posted by Bouillou  · 18-05-2015 - 09:39

    Unfortunately, I can't install LibreOffice on my server... Is it really a limitation with OpenOffice? Any workaround?

    Posted by admin  · 18-05-2015 - 11:38

    Hello, OpenOffice has some issues showing DOCX watermarks. Please send to contact[at]phpdocx.com your DOCX to check it. Regards.

    Posted by Bouillou  · 19-05-2015 - 11:02

    I have just sent the script and file to reproduce the issue. About the file, I am using a simple text fiel from the official examples. Thank you in advance for your support

    Posted by admin  · 19-05-2015 - 12:30

    Hello, As you can read on http://www.phpdocx.com/documentation/conversion-plugin/preparing-the-templates-for-its-conversion, the background images (this is backgrounds and watermarks) are not supported officially by the conversion plugin. The only way to export a background watermark is using the conversion plugin based on LibreOffice and an image as watermark (not a text). Examples such as http://www.phpdocx.com/img/sampleScripts/DocxUtilities/watermarkDocx/example_watermarkImage.docx show the watermark fine when exporting to PDF. OpenOffice lacks of watermark/background support. The other option, only available for Windows servers, is to use the method http://www.phpdocx.com/api-documentation/format-conversion/transform-docx-into-pdf-using-ms-word. This method supports all watermarks and backgrounds. Regards.