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Hello,
I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Thanks, Dbm |
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Only by setting up your own template. There is no option to do this through
the Envelopes and Labels dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Thanks, Dbm |
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I don't know how to make the bar code appear below the
address, but I printed 36 Christmas card envelopes last year and the bar code printed above all addresses. This fact didn't bother the U.S. Postal Service since all cards were delivered promptly. Personally, I wouldn't lose sleep over the issue. Mail gets to its destination regardless of the bar code's location. If you do discover the answer for forcing the bar code below the address, please post it in this newsgroup. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Only by setting up your own template. There is no option to do this through the Envelopes and Labels dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Thanks, Dbm |
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Well, I should have added that postal regulations do not require the bar
code to be at the bottom, but users who want them at the bottom are rarely influenced by this information. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Uncle Joe" wrote in message ... I don't know how to make the bar code appear below the address, but I printed 36 Christmas card envelopes last year and the bar code printed above all addresses. This fact didn't bother the U.S. Postal Service since all cards were delivered promptly. Personally, I wouldn't lose sleep over the issue. Mail gets to its destination regardless of the bar code's location. If you do discover the answer for forcing the bar code below the address, please post it in this newsgroup. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Only by setting up your own template. There is no option to do this through the Envelopes and Labels dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Thanks, Dbm |
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Hi Douglas,
Select the barcode. Ctrl+X to cut it. Click where you want it. Ctrl+V to paste it. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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This won't help if Douglas is using the Envelopes and Labels dialog because
(a) the dialog does not display the bar code, so there is nothing to cut and paste, and (b) very likely Douglas wants the bar code at the bottom of the envelope, not just below the address. Even if Douglas uses Add to Document to create an editable envelope, cut and paste will not be easy because the delivery address is in a frame, and the bar code would have to be pasted outside the frame (which by default would put it immediately below the return address). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b475.0088a5ef@speedy... Hi Douglas, Select the barcode. Ctrl+X to cut it. Click where you want it. Ctrl+V to paste it. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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I must admit this is fascinating stuff.
Yes, I am interested in placing the bar code below the address because of personal preference. So, I suppose fooling around with a template may be the way to go for now. Thanks for one and all for the imput. Dbm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This won't help if Douglas is using the Envelopes and Labels dialog because (a) the dialog does not display the bar code, so there is nothing to cut and paste, and (b) very likely Douglas wants the bar code at the bottom of the envelope, not just below the address. Even if Douglas uses Add to Document to create an editable envelope, cut and paste will not be easy because the delivery address is in a frame, and the bar code would have to be pasted outside the frame (which by default would put it immediately below the return address). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b475.0088a5ef@speedy... Hi Douglas, Select the barcode. Ctrl+X to cut it. Click where you want it. Ctrl+V to paste it. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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To do this you'll need to put the BARCODE field in another frame (you can
set the vertical position as Bottom Relative to Margin if you define the bottom margin correctly). It will need to reference a bookmark that encompasses the Envelope Address frame. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... I must admit this is fascinating stuff. Yes, I am interested in placing the bar code below the address because of personal preference. So, I suppose fooling around with a template may be the way to go for now. Thanks for one and all for the imput. Dbm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This won't help if Douglas is using the Envelopes and Labels dialog because (a) the dialog does not display the bar code, so there is nothing to cut and paste, and (b) very likely Douglas wants the bar code at the bottom of the envelope, not just below the address. Even if Douglas uses Add to Document to create an editable envelope, cut and paste will not be easy because the delivery address is in a frame, and the bar code would have to be pasted outside the frame (which by default would put it immediately below the return address). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b475.0088a5ef@speedy... Hi Douglas, Select the barcode. Ctrl+X to cut it. Click where you want it. Ctrl+V to paste it. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Way, way too much trouble for appearance's sake, methinks. How many of us
spend more than two seconds admiring an envelope when it arrives in the mail? Everyone is different. Suppose that's why the Microsoft Word Gods created templates--so that each of us can go off into a corner and beat our brains out trying to accomplish something unique...even if our achievement makes not one whit of difference to the world or to the Postal Service. Somehow, I suspect that the Microsoft Word Gods spoke to the U.S. Postal Service about the placement of the bar code before they hard-coded the bar code's printing. Go for it, Douglas. Let us know how you made out. Suggest you add the following text to the front of your envelope: "Please admire this envelope's bar code because I worked like a possessed fiend to relocate it to the bottom." (Grin.) Good luck! "Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... I must admit this is fascinating stuff. Yes, I am interested in placing the bar code below the address because of personal preference. So, I suppose fooling around with a template may be the way to go for now. Thanks for one and all for the imput. Dbm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This won't help if Douglas is using the Envelopes and Labels dialog because (a) the dialog does not display the bar code, so there is nothing to cut and paste, and (b) very likely Douglas wants the bar code at the bottom of the envelope, not just below the address. Even if Douglas uses Add to Document to create an editable envelope, cut and paste will not be easy because the delivery address is in a frame, and the bar code would have to be pasted outside the frame (which by default would put it immediately below the return address). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b475.0088a5ef@speedy... Hi Douglas, Select the barcode. Ctrl+X to cut it. Click where you want it. Ctrl+V to paste it. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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I think Douglas, like many other users, has noted that the USPS itself
prints bar codes across the bottom of the envelope (which must be left free for that purpose, with the exception that bar codes can be printed there). In fact, if you print a bar code there, you'll often find that your envelope arrives with a (slightly different) bar code printed across the bottom of the back side. Recent versions of Word, I understand, are not actually able to print an 11-digit bar code (in any position) that conforms to USPS requirements for bulk mail. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Uncle Joe" wrote in message ... Way, way too much trouble for appearance's sake, methinks. How many of us spend more than two seconds admiring an envelope when it arrives in the mail? Everyone is different. Suppose that's why the Microsoft Word Gods created templates--so that each of us can go off into a corner and beat our brains out trying to accomplish something unique...even if our achievement makes not one whit of difference to the world or to the Postal Service. Somehow, I suspect that the Microsoft Word Gods spoke to the U.S. Postal Service about the placement of the bar code before they hard-coded the bar code's printing. Go for it, Douglas. Let us know how you made out. Suggest you add the following text to the front of your envelope: "Please admire this envelope's bar code because I worked like a possessed fiend to relocate it to the bottom." (Grin.) Good luck! "Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... I must admit this is fascinating stuff. Yes, I am interested in placing the bar code below the address because of personal preference. So, I suppose fooling around with a template may be the way to go for now. Thanks for one and all for the imput. Dbm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This won't help if Douglas is using the Envelopes and Labels dialog because (a) the dialog does not display the bar code, so there is nothing to cut and paste, and (b) very likely Douglas wants the bar code at the bottom of the envelope, not just below the address. Even if Douglas uses Add to Document to create an editable envelope, cut and paste will not be easy because the delivery address is in a frame, and the bar code would have to be pasted outside the frame (which by default would put it immediately below the return address). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b475.0088a5ef@speedy... Hi Douglas, Select the barcode. Ctrl+X to cut it. Click where you want it. Ctrl+V to paste it. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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For heaven's sake why not?
Not to sound cranky but isn't the software supposed to work for you (easily) instead one having to wrestle it to the ground just to get something on an envelope the entire world uses? Cheers! Dbm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I think Douglas, like many other users, has noted that the USPS itself prints bar codes across the bottom of the envelope (which must be left free for that purpose, with the exception that bar codes can be printed there). In fact, if you print a bar code there, you'll often find that your envelope arrives with a (slightly different) bar code printed across the bottom of the back side. Recent versions of Word, I understand, are not actually able to print an 11-digit bar code (in any position) that conforms to USPS requirements for bulk mail. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Uncle Joe" wrote in message ... Way, way too much trouble for appearance's sake, methinks. How many of us spend more than two seconds admiring an envelope when it arrives in the mail? Everyone is different. Suppose that's why the Microsoft Word Gods created templates--so that each of us can go off into a corner and beat our brains out trying to accomplish something unique...even if our achievement makes not one whit of difference to the world or to the Postal Service. Somehow, I suspect that the Microsoft Word Gods spoke to the U.S. Postal Service about the placement of the bar code before they hard-coded the bar code's printing. Go for it, Douglas. Let us know how you made out. Suggest you add the following text to the front of your envelope: "Please admire this envelope's bar code because I worked like a possessed fiend to relocate it to the bottom." (Grin.) Good luck! "Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... I must admit this is fascinating stuff. Yes, I am interested in placing the bar code below the address because of personal preference. So, I suppose fooling around with a template may be the way to go for now. Thanks for one and all for the imput. Dbm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This won't help if Douglas is using the Envelopes and Labels dialog because (a) the dialog does not display the bar code, so there is nothing to cut and paste, and (b) very likely Douglas wants the bar code at the bottom of the envelope, not just below the address. Even if Douglas uses Add to Document to create an editable envelope, cut and paste will not be easy because the delivery address is in a frame, and the bar code would have to be pasted outside the frame (which by default would put it immediately below the return address). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b475.0088a5ef@speedy... Hi Douglas, Select the barcode. Ctrl+X to cut it. Click where you want it. Ctrl+V to paste it. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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It depends on what you mean by "an envelope the entire world uses." First of
all, POSTNET bar codes are used only in the United States. That's hardly the "entire world" no matter how parochial your view. Second, Word puts a bar code in a perfectly acceptable place. There is no requirement to put a bar code on First Class letter mail at all; this is purely a whim of the user. The only requirement is to put bar codes on bulk mail, and above the address is perfectly acceptable to the USPS. The fact that the bar code Word currently creates is not fully CASS-compliant is a problem, I admit. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... For heaven's sake why not? Not to sound cranky but isn't the software supposed to work for you (easily) instead one having to wrestle it to the ground just to get something on an envelope the entire world uses? Cheers! Dbm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I think Douglas, like many other users, has noted that the USPS itself prints bar codes across the bottom of the envelope (which must be left free for that purpose, with the exception that bar codes can be printed there). In fact, if you print a bar code there, you'll often find that your envelope arrives with a (slightly different) bar code printed across the bottom of the back side. Recent versions of Word, I understand, are not actually able to print an 11-digit bar code (in any position) that conforms to USPS requirements for bulk mail. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Uncle Joe" wrote in message ... Way, way too much trouble for appearance's sake, methinks. How many of us spend more than two seconds admiring an envelope when it arrives in the mail? Everyone is different. Suppose that's why the Microsoft Word Gods created templates--so that each of us can go off into a corner and beat our brains out trying to accomplish something unique...even if our achievement makes not one whit of difference to the world or to the Postal Service. Somehow, I suspect that the Microsoft Word Gods spoke to the U.S. Postal Service about the placement of the bar code before they hard-coded the bar code's printing. Go for it, Douglas. Let us know how you made out. Suggest you add the following text to the front of your envelope: "Please admire this envelope's bar code because I worked like a possessed fiend to relocate it to the bottom." (Grin.) Good luck! "Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... I must admit this is fascinating stuff. Yes, I am interested in placing the bar code below the address because of personal preference. So, I suppose fooling around with a template may be the way to go for now. Thanks for one and all for the imput. Dbm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This won't help if Douglas is using the Envelopes and Labels dialog because (a) the dialog does not display the bar code, so there is nothing to cut and paste, and (b) very likely Douglas wants the bar code at the bottom of the envelope, not just below the address. Even if Douglas uses Add to Document to create an editable envelope, cut and paste will not be easy because the delivery address is in a frame, and the bar code would have to be pasted outside the frame (which by default would put it immediately below the return address). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b475.0088a5ef@speedy... Hi Douglas, Select the barcode. Ctrl+X to cut it. Click where you want it. Ctrl+V to paste it. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hi Douglas,
The barcode/postnet feature is pretty much unchanged since Word 6, if I recall when it was introduced, That's 11 years ago g. While gov't agencies do not always move very quickly, the US Postal Service (USPS) has made *some* changes/improvements since then. MS didn't update the algorithm to match using Word. http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...d=2530&sid=251 Word may not be used quite as much these days to be the 'bulk mailer' address generator of choice. For positioning the Postnet code above or below the address, MS seems to have retired it's Word 6/7/97 article on it, possibly because though the instructions will likely still work, the part about it being USPS approved may no longer be true. But, if you care to look at it Google has squirrled it away for you at http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:U.../105576/EN-US/ ======= "Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... For heaven's sake why not? Not to sound cranky but isn't the software supposed to work for you (easily) instead one having to wrestle it to the ground just to get something on an envelope the entire world uses? Cheers! Dbm -- Let us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" - http://microsoft.com/events/series/a...andtricks.mspx |
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You may not have noticed, but the United States is by no means 'the entire
world' - or even the largest part of it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Douglas McElvein wrote: For heaven's sake why not? Not to sound cranky but isn't the software supposed to work for you (easily) instead one having to wrestle it to the ground just to get something on an envelope the entire world uses? Cheers! Dbm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I think Douglas, like many other users, has noted that the USPS itself prints bar codes across the bottom of the envelope (which must be left free for that purpose, with the exception that bar codes can be printed there). In fact, if you print a bar code there, you'll often find that your envelope arrives with a (slightly different) bar code printed across the bottom of the back side. Recent versions of Word, I understand, are not actually able to print an 11-digit bar code (in any position) that conforms to USPS requirements for bulk mail. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Uncle Joe" wrote in message ... Way, way too much trouble for appearance's sake, methinks. How many of us spend more than two seconds admiring an envelope when it arrives in the mail? Everyone is different. Suppose that's why the Microsoft Word Gods created templates--so that each of us can go off into a corner and beat our brains out trying to accomplish something unique...even if our achievement makes not one whit of difference to the world or to the Postal Service. Somehow, I suspect that the Microsoft Word Gods spoke to the U.S. Postal Service about the placement of the bar code before they hard-coded the bar code's printing. Go for it, Douglas. Let us know how you made out. Suggest you add the following text to the front of your envelope: "Please admire this envelope's bar code because I worked like a possessed fiend to relocate it to the bottom." (Grin.) Good luck! "Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... I must admit this is fascinating stuff. Yes, I am interested in placing the bar code below the address because of personal preference. So, I suppose fooling around with a template may be the way to go for now. Thanks for one and all for the imput. Dbm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This won't help if Douglas is using the Envelopes and Labels dialog because (a) the dialog does not display the bar code, so there is nothing to cut and paste, and (b) very likely Douglas wants the bar code at the bottom of the envelope, not just below the address. Even if Douglas uses Add to Document to create an editable envelope, cut and paste will not be easy because the delivery address is in a frame, and the bar code would have to be pasted outside the frame (which by default would put it immediately below the return address). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b475.0088a5ef@speedy... Hi Douglas, Select the barcode. Ctrl+X to cut it. Click where you want it. Ctrl+V to paste it. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. When I use: Tools Letters and Mailings Envelopes and Labels and add a bar code for zip codes the code is added above the mailing address. How can I make it appear below the address? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hi Douglas,
So, I suppose fooling around with a template may be the way to go for now. Set up a page the same size as the envelope you want to use Now go to the dialog box for envelopes and instead of printing, choose to add it to the document. Make sure you have the non-printing characters displayed so that you can see the "New page section break" Word inserts on the envelope you just added. Delete this, and the second page should disappear, leaving the envelope. Now you can cut and paste that barcode without having to go through all the contorsions of creating the field from scratch. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Thanks to all for your suggestions and thoughts.
Dbm ------30------ "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b48f.018234a7@speedy... Hi Douglas, So, I suppose fooling around with a template may be the way to go for now. Set up a page the same size as the envelope you want to use Now go to the dialog box for envelopes and instead of printing, choose to add it to the document. Make sure you have the non-printing characters displayed so that you can see the "New page section break" Word inserts on the envelope you just added. Delete this, and the second page should disappear, leaving the envelope. Now you can cut and paste that barcode without having to go through all the contorsions of creating the field from scratch. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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"Douglas McElvein" wrote in message ... Thanks to all for your suggestions and thoughts. Dbm ------30------ "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b48f.018234a7@speedy... Hi Douglas, So, I suppose fooling around with a template may be the way to go for now. Set up a page the same size as the envelope you want to use Now go to the dialog box for envelopes and instead of printing, choose to add it to the document. Make sure you have the non-printing characters displayed so that you can see the "New page section break" Word inserts on the envelope you just added. Delete this, and the second page should disappear, leaving the envelope. Now you can cut and paste that barcode without having to go through all the contorsions of creating the field from scratch. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) If you are considering Bulk mail rates, I suggest that you ask at your local Post Office for Domestic Mail Manual 200 Series. It will explain the entire process, including checking your mailing list. I'm sure that a Mail Service Provider will be the most cost effective way to go. CASS-certified software is expensive, but required. It usually has an annual fee attached due to the necessity of the software to be regularly updated to add, change and delete addresses. |
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"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b48f.018234a7@speedy... Hi Douglas, SNIP Now you can cut and paste that barcode without having to go through all the contorsions of creating the field from scratch. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org I'm certainly no expert on barcodes--other than having let Word print barcodes above the addresses on my envelopes--but wouldn't the barcode change based on the address of the recipient? Wouldn't that render the cut 'n paste method unusually tedious (especially for +10 or more envelopes) and invalid at the same time? A barcode generated for an address in Spokane would be different than a barcode generated for an address in Miami, right? Or, is the barcode based on the sender's address? Then it might make sense to cut 'n paste it for each envelope. Sure seems like a huge amount of trouble to endure just for a personal preference. With a large family, I'd like an SUV with eight doors. I don't understand why Microsoft won't make one for me. Their job is to adapt to my needs, not make me adapt to their specifications, right? (Smile.) |
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The bar code is generated by a BARCODE field based on a bookmark; you put
that field in your template and it is updated for each (bookmarked) address. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Uncle Joe" wrote in message ... "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b48f.018234a7@speedy... Hi Douglas, SNIP Now you can cut and paste that barcode without having to go through all the contorsions of creating the field from scratch. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org I'm certainly no expert on barcodes--other than having let Word print barcodes above the addresses on my envelopes--but wouldn't the barcode change based on the address of the recipient? Wouldn't that render the cut 'n paste method unusually tedious (especially for +10 or more envelopes) and invalid at the same time? A barcode generated for an address in Spokane would be different than a barcode generated for an address in Miami, right? Or, is the barcode based on the sender's address? Then it might make sense to cut 'n paste it for each envelope. Sure seems like a huge amount of trouble to endure just for a personal preference. With a large family, I'd like an SUV with eight doors. I don't understand why Microsoft won't make one for me. Their job is to adapt to my needs, not make me adapt to their specifications, right? (Smile.) |
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Hi Joe,
The 'postnet' barcode and FIM codes are created by Word fields (Insert=Field) that 'read' the address. As mentioned earlier the field coding to create the bar codes was created before the current US Postal Service (DPMS) system with particular subcoding for individual units in multi-unit dwellings was in existence and hasn't been updated. ============= "Uncle Joe" wrote in message ... I'm certainly no expert on barcodes--other than having let Word print barcodes above the addresses on my envelopes--but wouldn't the barcode change based on the address of the recipient? Wouldn't that render the cut 'n paste method unusually tedious (especially for +10 or more envelopes) and invalid at the same time? A barcode generated for an address in Spokane would be different than a barcode generated for an address in Miami, right? Or, is the barcode based on the sender's address? Then it might make sense to cut 'n paste it for each envelope. Sure seems like a huge amount of trouble to endure just for a personal preference. With a large family, I'd like an SUV with eight doors. I don't understand why Microsoft won't make one for me. Their job is to adapt to my needs, not make me adapt to their specifications, right? (Smile.) -- Let us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" - http://microsoft.com/events/series/a...andtricks.mspx |
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