Word 2007, 2010 - Barcode images in documents

How to add a barcode image into a Word 2007, 2010 document

You can use the ActiveBarcode Application to add barcodes as images to your Word documents:

Launch the ActiveBarcode Application and create the barcode according to your needs. If you need information of how to use the ActiveBarcode Application click here.

If you want to place a bitmap image to your document use the function "Copy Bitmap". You do this, if you need a barcode in an exact size.

If you want to place a vector graphics to your document use the function "Copy Metafile". You do this, if you want to freely resize the barcode in your document.

The barcode will now be copied to the Windows clipboard and is available for nearly any application running on your system.

Now open Word and create a new document or open an already existing document. Select the "Start" tab. Click on the button "Paste" from the range of "Clipboard":

The barcode will be placed into your document:

The barcode image is now placed to into your Word document. You can handle this barcode inside your document as any other image (e.g. resize, move, etc.).

Hint: The barcode has been added as image to your document. The images resultion has been set by you using the ActiveBarcode Application (Menu "Barcode": Layout & Size). If you create the barcode in a low resolution (e.g. 200x50 pixels) and then print it to a printer with a high resolution the barcodes textline may look like it has a too low resolution and huge blocks are visible. This also happens when you resize the barcode inside your document to get it bigger. To avoid this you must create the barcode in a bigger resolution before you copy the barcode to the Windows clipboard. Then you paste the barcode image to your document and resize it to the required smaller size. Now the resolution of the image is higher and if you print your document the barcode will look much better!