Using merge fields to add barcode

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Stephanie - 06 Aug 2003 18:21 GMT

I've setup a mailmerge form letter. One of the merge
fields I'm adding to the document needs to be displayed as
a barcode field. This field is a simple character field
that contains a control number.

I have a fairly basic knowledge of inserting merge fields
into a form letter, so I'm having some trouble figuring
out how to accomplish this. I am using Word 2000.

Can anybody offer some guidance?

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Cindy Meister -WordMVP- - 07 Aug 2003 17:00 GMT

Hi Stephanie,

> I've setup a mailmerge form letter. One of the merge
> fields I'm adding to the document needs to be displayed as
> a barcode field. This field is a simple character field
> that contains a control number.

The only kind of barcode Word supports is US-postal barcodes.
For anything else, you need to format the information with a
barcode font. Try searching the Internet for such fonts...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jan
24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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