Insert delivery point barcode

[Stan]

Anyone know how to insert a delivery point barcode into a Word document (above the address) so I can use window envelopes?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

If you're using Word 2002(XP), click on Tools | Envelopes and Mailings |
Envelopes and Labels | Envelopes | Options | check the "Delivery point
barcode" box.

 

[Graham Mayor]

We don't use postal barcodes in the UK, but I see no reason why you should
not use a barcode field in the document, either referencing a zip mergefield
or a bookmarked zip, according to how the address is placed in the document.

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[Stan]

Still looking for solution. I do NOT want to print a label or envelope, but want the barcode to be a part of my letter, inserted just above the address lines of the letter so they show through when I put the letter in the window envelope. Thanks.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Strangely enough, it is not possible to copy the Word-generated DPBC
from the envelope and paste it back into the letter as a picture or
anything else. So if you don't want to use Word's envelope tool, you'll
have to invest in third-party barcode software. It's not simply a
matter of converting the numbers in a postal code to a barcode font...
the bars represent a start character, the postal code, a calculated
check digit, and an end character.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Insert > Field > Barcode works anywhere in a document. The syntax is
any of the forms

{BARCODE \u 12345}
{BARCODE \u 12345-2468}
{BARCODE bookmarkname \b}

The field works only with US zip codes, requiring either 5-digit or
ZIP+4 format. If you use the bookmark form, the zip code can be
anywhere within the bookmark, which can cover the entire mailing
address.

There's also an \f switch for making a Facing Identification Mark
(FIM). See the help topic on Filed codes: Barcode.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And note that if you're creating a mail merge, the "literal text" used with
the \u switch is the merge field that contains the ZIP code (like the
bookmark, it can contain more than just the ZIP).

Insert > Field > Barcode works anywhere in a document. The syntax is
any of the forms

{BARCODE \u 12345}
{BARCODE \u 12345-2468}
{BARCODE bookmarkname \b}

The field works only with US zip codes, requiring either 5-digit or
ZIP+4 format. If you use the bookmark form, the zip code can be
anywhere within the bookmark, which can cover the entire mailing
address.

There's also an \f switch for making a Facing Identification Mark
(FIM). See the help topic on Filed codes: Barcode.

but want the barcode to be a part of my letter, inserted just above the
address lines of the letter so they show through when I put the letter in
the window envelope. Thanks.

 

[Tom Ridge]

Hello,

Anyone know how to insert a delivery point barcode into a Word document (above
the address) so I can use window envelopes?

There are a number of barcoding applications that will do this for you...

http://www.bank-software.com/check-printing.htm

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But they are not necessary in this instance.

 

[MontereySoft]

Why not use a postal font? www.morovia.com/font gives a lot of choices.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A font alone is not enough. You have to use a BARCODE field to get the
correct code.