Word 97-2003 - Barcodes in a document

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Embed a barcode control into a Word 97, 2000, XP or 2003 document

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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:

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A dialog box appears on the screen:

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Select "ActiveBarcode" now and click "Ok".

Alternatively you can use the function "More controls..." from the "Control Toolbox" of Word to embed the control:

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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: 

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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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Embed an ActiveBarcode Object into a Word document
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Read more descriptions of how to add barcodes to standard applications (e.g. Office, Excel, Word, Access forms, Access reports, PowerPoint, OpenOffice.org, Lotus Notes, Publisher, Freelance, Freehand MX, Image Editors, WordPad, etc.)

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