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Barcode fonts don't seem to work when using mail merge.
I am doing a basic labels mail merge, but one piece of my information needs
to be in a barcode font -- 3 of 9. The cell indicator and/or the surrounding carrots on the field name are being included in the font conversion making the barcode unreadable. Does anyone have any ideas how to solve this problem? |
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Barcode fonts don't seem to work when using mail merge.
I would display the underlying field codes using Alt-F9. You will probably
see a field code such as { MERGEFIELD mybarcode \*Mergeformat } If you see something like mybarcode then you have probably already (somehow) converted the mergefield to text . If not, maybe the result you are seeing where the chevrons are converted to barcode font chanracters is because you are not completing the merge. (I doubt it, but it's all I can think of). Then, did you change the font by selecting the mergefield field and applying a different font? If so, you may also have included the end of cell marker (although again, I do not know how) In any case, I would remove any direct formatting, then change the MERGEFIELD to { MERGEFIELD mybarcode \*Charformat } (just type "Char" instead of "Merge" at the appropriate point) Then select the M of MERGEFIELD and apply your barcode font at the point size you need. Even though a completely different character will appear instead of "M", the MERGEFIELD should still work. Peter Jamieson "Laurie" wrote in message ... I am doing a basic labels mail merge, but one piece of my information needs to be in a barcode font -- 3 of 9. The cell indicator and/or the surrounding carrots on the field name are being included in the font conversion making the barcode unreadable. Does anyone have any ideas how to solve this problem? |
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