Adding Delivery Point Barcode to Existing Label list

[Bill]

I have an existing list of address labels but need to change the
mailing address of one individual. How do I add the Delivery Point
Barcode to that single label? I thought that when you typed-in the zip
code, it added the DPB automatically, but apparently not! Thanks!

Bill

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Press Alt+F9 to see what the BARCODE field syntax is. If the list was
created by a mail merge, most likely the field will contain the actual ZIP,
which you can edit. But note that the bar codes are noncompliant and
therefore superfluous.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Bill]

Thanks Suzanne, but whatever happened to the USPS "insisting" on
putting those codes on all mail! Maybe it really didn't speed things
up after all!!!!

Bill

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, they are still required for bulk mail discounts, but Word is not
capable of producing USPS-compliant bar codes and consequently has omitted
the feature from current versions. When you send ordinary first class mail,
your envelope or label is scanned and a bar code printed on the mail piece
by USPS equipment. There's no question the bar codes speed processing and
routing, but they're primarily valuable for bulk mail.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org