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How do I barcode a date and time in a footer in Word 03
I am trying to barcode the "last printed date and time" in the footer of a
document in MS Word 2003. From all I can see, I think that barcoding only works for Labels and Envelopes. Has anyone out there done this? I sincerely appreciate your help! Bonnie |
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Bonnie wrote:
I am trying to barcode the "last printed date and time" in the footer of a document in MS Word 2003. From all I can see, I think that barcoding only works for Labels and Envelopes. Has anyone out there done this? I sincerely appreciate your help! Bonnie That's correct, the Barcode field in Word operates only with US Zip codes and produces only Postnet barcode. To do anything else, first you have to know which of the dozen or so barcode schemes you need to produce. Then you may be able to find a font that produces the bars corresponding to the characters, or you may need a separate program to produce the code. See http://www.adams1.com/pub/russadam/share.html for pointers to lots of information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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For many barcoding schemes (like supermarket ones, unlike postage ones)
there isn't a simple mapping of characters onto bar patterns. The information is coded into the differences between successive bars and space widths. So you need software to create the code, not just a bar font. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Bonnie wrote: I am trying to barcode the "last printed date and time" in the footer of a document in MS Word 2003. From all I can see, I think that barcoding only works for Labels and Envelopes. Has anyone out there done this? I sincerely appreciate your help! Bonnie That's correct, the Barcode field in Word operates only with US Zip codes and produces only Postnet barcode. To do anything else, first you have to know which of the dozen or so barcode schemes you need to produce. Then you may be able to find a font that produces the bars corresponding to the characters, or you may need a separate program to produce the code. See http://www.adams1.com/pub/russadam/share.html for pointers to lots of information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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