--- title: "Power Automate watermark MS Word files | Nutrient" canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-converter/power-automate/watermark/watermark-word/" md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-converter/power-automate/watermark/watermark-word.md" last_updated: "2026-05-20T19:49:34.751Z" description: "In this guide, you’ll learn how to automatically add a watermark to an MS Word document using Power Automate. You can add text, rectangles, images." --- # Add watermark to MS Word files using Power Automate In this guide, you’ll learn how to automatically add a watermark to an MS Word document using Power Automate. You can add text, rectangles, images, PDF files, QR codes, barcodes, and other shapes as watermarks to your Word file. This specific example adds a text watermark to a DOCX file located in Dropbox and then creates a new version of the watermarked file in another location within Dropbox. You can use this example to watermark other standard MS Office formats like Excel and PowerPoint ([see file formats we support](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-converter/sharepoint/knowledge-base/what-file-formats-types-are-supported-for-conversion.md)). Additionally, while this example uses Power Automate to watermark a Word file in Dropbox, you can also add watermarks to your file in another destination, like SharePoint, Google Drive, OneDrive, or any platform supported by Power Automate. Customize our example by adding additional automation, like sending a watermarked file via email. ## Prerequisites Before building the workflow, ensure all prerequisites are in place. - A full or free trial subscription for [Nutrient Document Converter for Power Automate](https://www.nutrient.io/low-code/integrations/power-automate) - Appropriate privileges to create flows - A Dropbox account connected with Power Automate ### Using Power Automate to add text watermarks to Word files The following image shows a high-level view of how to add text watermarks to Word files with Document Converter for Power Automate.![add watermark workflow](@/assets/guides/muhimbi/pdf-converter/power-automate/watermark-word-1.jpg) ### Specifying the folder Insert the **When a file is created (properties only)** flow action for Dropbox, and in the **Folder** field, specify `/muhimbi documents`.![when a file is created](@/assets/guides/muhimbi/pdf-converter/power-automate/watermark-word-2.jpg) ### Inserting a condition Insert the **Condition** flow action, and specify **List of Files Names**, which is the output of the **When a file is created (properties only)** action. It ends with `.docx`.![condition flow](@/assets/guides/muhimbi/pdf-converter/power-automate/watermark-word-3.jpg) ### Getting the file content If the step above evaluates to `true`, add **Get file content** for the Dropbox action in the **If yes** box. In the **File** field, enter **List of Files Id**, which is the output of the **When a file is created (properties only)** action.![list of files id](@/assets/guides/muhimbi/pdf-converter/power-automate/watermark-word-4.jpg) ### Adding the text watermark Insert the Nutrient **Add text watermark** action. This workflow action can be used to apply text to the foreground or background of one or more pages in the document with full control over the font, style, size, and color. The text stored in the content field may contain embedded field codes, such as the date or current page number. Power Automate expressions are also supported, which makes it possible for dynamic information stored in workflow variables or in an item’s columns to be embedded in the watermark. Add the following mandatory fields to the action: - **Source file content** — Specify **File Content**, which is the output of the **Get file content** action. - **Watermark content** — Enter the text you want to be displayed in your watermark. - **Font size** — Enter the watermark font size. - **Font color** — Enter the watermark font color. - **Text alignment** — Select the text alignment of the watermark. - **Word wrap** — Select the word wrap style for the watermark. - **Position** — Select the position in the image where you want the watermark to be displayed. - **Width** —100 - **Height** — 50![add text watermark](@/assets/guides/muhimbi/pdf-converter/power-automate/watermark-word-5.jpg) ### Creating a file Insert the Dropbox **Create file** action after the **Add text watermark** action. The action has three main parameters: - **Folder Path** — The path of your destination folder. - **File Name** — **List of Files Names**, which is the output of the **When a file is created (properties only)** action. - **File Content** — **Processed file content**, which is the output of the **Add text watermark** action.![processed file content](@/assets/guides/muhimbi/pdf-converter/power-automate/watermark-word-6.jpg) You can test this workflow by uploading an MS Word (`.docx`) document to the Dropbox location. This will trigger the flow after a minute and create a new document with a watermark.![watermark word file workflow](@/assets/guides/muhimbi/pdf-converter/power-automate/watermark-word-7.jpg) ## Additional resources For more information, refer to the following resources. ### Power Automate templates To accelerate your workflow, we’ve curated a selection of ready-to-use templates within Power Automate. Access these resources by logging in to your [Power Automate account](https://make.powerautomate.com/environments/Default-bfb30d1e-c808-43d2-bc0d-594fc841addf/templates) and searching for the templates listed below by their precise names: - Generate PDFs from Microsoft Forms and Send via Email - Convert Email to PDF and archive in DropBox - Send a PDF version by email when a SharePoint document is added - Automatically convert newly added OneDrive files to PDF - Export a Power Bi report to PDF and send it by email - Archive email attachments in PDF format to OneDrive - Convert Any SharePoint File to PDF and Add a Text Watermark - Convert InfoPath Forms to PDF - Send updates from the Power Automate blog as a PDF by email - Convert Files to Text Searchable PDF with OCR ### Articles - [Why aren’t my watermarks visible?](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-converter/sharepoint/troubleshooting/why-are-my-watermarks-not-visible.md) - [Where can I find details about watermarking?](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-converter/power-automate/knowledge-base/where-can-i-find-details-about-watermarking.md) - [Automatically watermarking documents](https://www.nutrient.io/blog/automatically-watermarking-word-excel-powerpoint-and-pdf-files/) --- ## Related pages - [Add multiple watermarks with Power Automate](/guides/document-converter/power-automate/watermark/apply-multiple-watermarks.md) - [Add image watermarks to documents using Power Automate](/guides/document-converter/power-automate/watermark/add-image-watermark.md) - [Power Automate add watermark](/guides/document-converter/power-automate/watermark.md) - [Add watermarks to images using Power Automate](/guides/document-converter/power-automate/watermark/watermark-image.md) - [Add watermarks in SharePoint using Power Automate](/guides/document-converter/power-automate/watermark/watermark-in-sharepoint.md) - [Add watermarks to PDFs using Power Automate](/guides/document-converter/power-automate/watermark/watermark-pdf.md)