# Add a text watermark to a PDF

Add a text watermark to a PDF document in your Power Automate flow.

Use this action to add a watermark to a PDF document in your Power Automate flow.

<PowerAutomateAction
  title="Add a text watermark to a PDF"
  caption="Add a text watermark to a PDF."
  connection="PDF Blocks Next"
  fields={[
    { label: "File Content", kind: "token", value: "File Content", required: true },
    { label: "1st Line", placeholder: "The first line of text of the watermark", required: true },
    { label: "2nd Line", placeholder: "The second line of text of the watermark" },
    { label: "3rd Line", placeholder: "The third line of text of the watermark" },
    { label: "Template", value: "1001" },
    { label: "Color", kind: "select", value: "Gray", options: ["Black", "Blue", "Gray", "Red"] },
    { label: "Transparency", value: "75" },
    { label: "Margin", value: "1" },
    { label: "Pages", placeholder: "The pages to stamp, as a comma-separated list of page numbers", advanced: true },
  ]}
/>

<ConnectorNotice kind="parameter" />

Check the available watermark templates in our [Catalog](https://pdfblocks.com/assets/documents/pdfblocks-watermark-templates.pdf).

## Parameters

<ParamField name="File Content" type="File" required>
  The content of the input PDF document.
</ParamField>

<ParamField name="1st Line" type="String" required>
  The first line of text of the watermark. The maximum length is 32 characters.
</ParamField>

<ParamField name="2nd Line" type="String">
  The second line of text of the watermark. This field is optional. The maximum length is 32 characters.
</ParamField>

<ParamField name="3rd Line" type="String">
  The third line of text of the watermark. This field is optional. The maximum length is 32 characters.
</ParamField>

<ParamField name="Template" type="Integer Number" default="1001">
  The id of the watermark template. Check available templates in our [Watermark Template Catalog](https://pdfblocks.com/assets/documents/pdfblocks-watermark-templates.pdf). This field is optional.
</ParamField>

<ParamField name="Color" type="String" default="Gray">
  The color of the text of the watermark. This field is optional. Valid values are Gray, Red, Blue, and Black.
</ParamField>

<ParamField name="Transparency" type="Integer Number" default="75">
  The transparency level for the watermark from 0 (opaque) to 100 (transparent). This field is optional. Valid values are integer numbers between 0 and 100.
</ParamField>

<ParamField name="Margin" type="Number" default="1.0">
  The distance in inches from the border of the page to the watermark. This field is optional. The value must be positive and can be decimal.
</ParamField>

<ParamField name="Pages" type="String">
  The pages to stamp, as a comma-separated list of page numbers and ranges (for example `1..3,5`). A negative number counts from the end, so `-1` is the last page. Leave empty to stamp every page. This field is optional.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ParamField name="Watermarked PDF File Content" type="File">
  The content of the watermarked PDF document. You can use it as an input to other actions in your flow.
</ParamField>

## Related actions

<CardGroup cols={2}>

<Card title="Add image watermark" href="/docs/power-automate/add-image-watermark-to-pdf">
  Stamp an image instead of text.
</Card>

<Card title="Add password" href="/docs/power-automate/add-password-to-pdf">
  Protect the watermarked document with a password.
</Card>

<Card title="Add restrictions" href="/docs/power-automate/add-restrictions-to-pdf">
  Restrict copying, printing, and editing.
</Card>

<Card title="Merge documents" href="/docs/power-automate/merge-pdf-documents">
  Combine several PDFs before or after watermarking.
</Card>

</CardGroup>