Can I print POSTNET bar codes on envelopes from Word 2007?

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AZ Mulheim - 14 Feb 2007 00:16 GMT

How can I print POSTNET bar codes on envelopes when printing from Word 2007?
I was able to do this from an earlier version of Word (Student & Teacher
Edition) but I can't find anything dealing with POSTNET in Word 2007.

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Peter Jamieson - 14 Feb 2007 01:22 GMT

As far as I know this facility was removed in Word 2007 - there's a small
amount of further info. in Word 2007 Help under "Why can't I include a
POSTNET bar code or FIM-A code on envelopes or labels?"

Peter Jamieson

> How can I print POSTNET bar codes on envelopes when printing from Word
> 2007?
> I was able to do this from an earlier version of Word (Student & Teacher
> Edition) but I can't find anything dealing with POSTNET in Word 2007.

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Graham Mayor - 14 Feb 2007 06:30 GMT

I understand it is only the check box in the envelope dialog that has been
removed, the field itself is still available and could be manually added;
however the Postnet bar code does not meet the requirements of the postal
services and so serves no useful purpose.

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> As far as I know this facility was removed in Word 2007 - there's a
> small amount of further info. in Word 2007 Help under "Why can't I
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>> Teacher Edition) but I can't find anything dealing with POSTNET in
>> Word 2007.

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Peter Jamieson - 14 Feb 2007 11:36 GMT

>I understand it is only the check box in the envelope dialog that has been
>removed, the field itself is still available and could be manually added;

You're right.

> however the Postnet bar code does not meet the requirements of the postal
> services and so serves no useful purpose.

A conversation late last year suggests that this may not be the whole
truth - i.e. although Word may not generate the correct "delivery point"
barcodes generated from ZIP and the street address, barcodes generated from
ZIP+4 codes are acceptable and are used. However, I really don't know and am
quite happy to leave it to users of the USPS to work it out for themselves

:-)

Peter Jamieson

>I understand it is only the check box in the envelope dialog that has been
>removed, the field itself is still available and could be manually added;
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>>> Teacher Edition) but I can't find anything dealing with POSTNET in
>>> Word 2007.

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