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Envelope printing... Where are the bar codes?
Every time that I try to print an envelope I am having to re-configure the
font on the return sender portion of the printing process. Also, the new office does NOT print the bar codes on the envelopes as the previous version. Please bring this feature back. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Envelope printing... Where are the bar codes?
On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 23:39:02 -0700, Will
wrote: Every time that I try to print an envelope I am having to re-configure the font on the return sender portion of the printing process. Also, the new office does NOT print the bar codes on the envelopes as the previous version. Please bring this feature back. The formatting of the return address is set by the Envelope Return style. Modify that style and check the Add to Template box in the dialog to make permanent changes. The Envelope Address style includes a frame set to a fixed height, and your barcodes may not fit within the frame if the address has too many lines. See http://www.gmayor.com/changing_envelope_layout.htm for instructions to adjust this. Besides that, delivery point bar codes produced by Word no longer qualify for US Postal Service bulk mail discounts (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897290) and there's no other reason to print them. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Envelope printing... Where are the bar codes?
Even though the MS Word produced barcodes no longer qualify for the discount,
isn't it likely that having a barcode would tend to speed your letter somewhat? That's a reason to use such a feature. -- DonVicente "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 23:39:02 -0700, Will wrote: Every time that I try to print an envelope I am having to re-configure the font on the return sender portion of the printing process. Also, the new office does NOT print the bar codes on the envelopes as the previous version. Please bring this feature back. The formatting of the return address is set by the Envelope Return style. Modify that style and check the Add to Template box in the dialog to make permanent changes. The Envelope Address style includes a frame set to a fixed height, and your barcodes may not fit within the frame if the address has too many lines. See http://www.gmayor.com/changing_envelope_layout.htm for instructions to adjust this. Besides that, delivery point bar codes produced by Word no longer qualify for US Postal Service bulk mail discounts (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897290) and there's no other reason to print them. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Envelope printing... Where are the bar codes?
Not necessarily. If the barcode from Word doesn't meet USPS specifications
(http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/708.htm#wp1352817), the processing equipment will paste a label over the barcode and print a new one. While that won't slow the processing by much (unless manual intervention is needed), it isn't likely to speed it up, either. All letter mail goes through the equipment, whether it's precoded or not, at least for verification. DonVicente wrote: Even though the MS Word produced barcodes no longer qualify for the discount, isn't it likely that having a barcode would tend to speed your letter somewhat? That's a reason to use such a feature. On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 23:39:02 -0700, Will wrote: Every time that I try to print an envelope I am having to re-configure the font on the return sender portion of the printing process. Also, the new office does NOT print the bar codes on the envelopes as the previous version. Please bring this feature back. The formatting of the return address is set by the Envelope Return style. Modify that style and check the Add to Template box in the dialog to make permanent changes. The Envelope Address style includes a frame set to a fixed height, and your barcodes may not fit within the frame if the address has too many lines. See http://www.gmayor.com/changing_envelope_layout.htm for instructions to adjust this. Besides that, delivery point bar codes produced by Word no longer qualify for US Postal Service bulk mail discounts (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897290) and there's no other reason to print them. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Envelope printing... Where are the bar codes?
Well, why doesn't MS make their barcodes USPS complient on Word?
I think they do get scanned by the machines and they do get routed faster. They don't print bar code labels out and affix by hand unless the zip code is rendered illegible. I get mail all the time with only a zip code or a zip and bar code and I rarely see the stick on labels from USPS unless the ink is smudged on the zip code. It reassures me to put the code on there. So why doesn't MS conform with USPS specs? |
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Envelope printing... Where are the bar codes?
The USPS doesn't use stick-on labels except in the situations you describe,
but it does print bar codes on envelopes that don't already have them, and the ones it prints are correct. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org " .com wrote in message ... Well, why doesn't MS make their barcodes USPS complient on Word? I think they do get scanned by the machines and they do get routed faster. They don't print bar code labels out and affix by hand unless the zip code is rendered illegible. I get mail all the time with only a zip code or a zip and bar code and I rarely see the stick on labels from USPS unless the ink is smudged on the zip code. It reassures me to put the code on there. So why doesn't MS conform with USPS specs? |
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Envelope printing... Where are the bar codes?
So,...Ms Barnhill:
The question still begs to be answered: Why does MS not add an update that prints USPS compliant bar codes? Thanks, Bill "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The USPS doesn't use stick-on labels except in the situations you describe, but it does print bar codes on envelopes that don't already have them, and the ones it prints are correct. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org " .com wrote in message ... Well, why doesn't MS make their barcodes USPS complient on Word? I think they do get scanned by the machines and they do get routed faster. They don't print bar code labels out and affix by hand unless the zip code is rendered illegible. I get mail all the time with only a zip code or a zip and bar code and I rarely see the stick on labels from USPS unless the ink is smudged on the zip code. It reassures me to put the code on there. So why doesn't MS conform with USPS specs? |
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Envelope printing... Where are the bar codes?
The question still begs to be answered: Why does MS not add an update that
prints USPS compliant bar codes? Perhaps because users in the other two hundred and something countries in the world get a little bit fed up with the US-centric approach. This kind of facility is nothing directly to do with word processing and is more properly the domain of a third party addin. -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com " om wrote in message ... So,...Ms Barnhill: The question still begs to be answered: Why does MS not add an update that prints USPS compliant bar codes? Thanks, Bill "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The USPS doesn't use stick-on labels except in the situations you describe, but it does print bar codes on envelopes that don't already have them, and the ones it prints are correct. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org " .com wrote in message ... Well, why doesn't MS make their barcodes USPS complient on Word? I think they do get scanned by the machines and they do get routed faster. They don't print bar code labels out and affix by hand unless the zip code is rendered illegible. I get mail all the time with only a zip code or a zip and bar code and I rarely see the stick on labels from USPS unless the ink is smudged on the zip code. It reassures me to put the code on there. So why doesn't MS conform with USPS specs? |
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