[kittronald]

I've used Word 2007 to create barcodes based on shipping addresses.

Is it possible to create a barcode based on information other than an
address ?

For example, dates, names, text, numbers, etc..

Or is this something a third party add-in would have to do ?


kittronald

[Brian Harvey]

I think you would need a barcode font at a minimum to be able to do this yourself.

[kittronald]

Brian,

Thanks for the quick reply.

Are there any recommended free barcode fonts or do they all operate the
same way ?



kittronald

[stupid boy]

Originally Posted by kittronald

I've used Word 2007 to create barcodes based on shipping addresses.

Is it possible to create a barcode based on information other than an
address ?

For example, dates, names, text, numbers, etc..

Or is this something a third party add-in would have to do ?


kittronald

it is possible to create a barcode based on information like dates, names, text, numbers , etc. But you should firstly get to know which kind of barcode can encode dates, names and so on. For example, Code 39 can encode Alphanumeric data: 0-9, A-Z;special characters: space $ % + - . /;Start/sop character *. To know more information like this, I recommend you a good web site:http://www.keepautomation.com/produc...s/code_39.html This website also provides a third party Word add-in you want. Hope my suggestion can provide you some help

[brent.fraser]

Originally Posted by kittronald

I've used Word 2007 to create barcodes based on shipping addresses.

Is it possible to create a barcode based on information other than an
address ?

For example, dates, names, text, numbers, etc..

Or is this something a third party add-in would have to do ?


kittronald

Hi Kitt,

You can always go to a site to create barcodes and save the images to put into your document. I don't know how many barcodes you need so this might be pretty time-consuming, especially if you do have a lot.

Here's a site I looked up: http://www.barcodesinc.com/generator/index.php

Brent

[brent.fraser]

Originally Posted by brent.fraser

Hi Kitt,

You can always go to a site to create barcodes and save the images to put into your document. I don't know how many barcodes you need so this might be pretty time-consuming, especially if you do have a lot.

Here's a site I looked up: http://www.barcodesinc.com/generator/index.php

Brent

There's also some free barcode font found he http://www.barcodesinc.com/free-barcode-font/

I have attached it as well.