Barcodes

[Danny]

Can barcodes be used in a mail merge?

Thanks
Danny

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

For what purpose? I believe that the barcodes that Word generates no longer
qualify for postal discounts in the US.

However, the following exchange may be of assistance to you:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Jamieson" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.vba.general
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: USPS Barcodes

Well-researched yourself!

As I now understand it, you can still use the BARCODE field in Word 2007
merges despite what the Word documentation suggests, but you have to enter
them manually because the necessary checkboxes have been disabled on the
relevant dialog boxes.

Since I live in the UK I have no idea whether adding barcodes speeds up
the mail in the US.

Peter Jamieson

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[macropod]

hi Danny,

Sure - provided you've got the barcode font installed.

Do note, though, that many barcode fonts represent a compressed form of the original data (eg a bit like a zipped file vs an
unzipped file) and Word mailmerges don't do that compression.

Word no longer does US postnet barcodes - you now need your own data & barcode fonts.

 

[greg]

Can barcodes be used in a mail merge?

Thanks
Danny

Danny,

Of course, it depends on which type of barcode you are looking to
create. There are barcode packages capable of working with MS Mail
Merge (barcode fonts or ActiveX Controls). A barcode font may not
work without special macros that add start/stop characters and
calculate check digits, so be careful there.
Take a look at our BarCodeWiz Barcode ActiveX Control video tutorials
for an example of how this can be accomplished:
http://www.barcodewiz.com/videos/activex



Best Regards,

Greg
http://www.barcodewiz.com