Word 97-2003 - Barcodes in a document
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Embed a barcode control into a Word 97, 2000, XP or 2003 document A short description of how to add a barcode to a Word document: First launch
Word and create a new document or open an already existing document. Now go to the menu "Insert"
and select "Object..." from that item list:

A dialog box appears on the screen:

Select "ActiveBarcode" now
and click "Ok".
Alternatively you can use the function "More controls..." from the "Control Toolbox" of Word to embed the control:

Now a barcode will be created inside your
document. This will be a standard barcode of EAN-128 type. This is the default type. You can change this to
any barcode type supported by ActiveBarcode:
Codabar,
Code 25 Industrial,
Code 25 Interleaved,
Code 39,
Code 39 Extended,
Code 93,
Code 93 Extended,
Code 128,
Data Matrix,
DUN-14,
EAN-2,
EAN-5,
EAN-8,
EAN-13,
EAN-14,
EAN-18,
EAN-99,
EAN 128,
EAN-Velocity,
GS1-128,
GTIN,
Identcode,
ISBN-10,
ISBN-13,
ISBN-13 Dual,
Bookland,
ISSN,
ISMN,
ITF-14,
JAN,
Leitcode,
MSI,
NVE,
PDF417,
PostNet,
PZN,
Royal Mail
SCC-14,
SSCC-18,
UCC-128,
UPC-A
and
UPC-E
Now you can modify this barcode. You can change the type, text, colors etc. For this click
inside the barcode with the right mouse button. A pop up menu will open:

Select "ActiveBarcode-Object" and then "Properties...".
The property
dialog of ActiveBarcode will open. Here you can modify the barcode as
you like.
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PowerPoint,
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Lotus Notes,
Publisher,
Freelance,
Freehand MX,
Image Editors,
WordPad,
etc.)
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