Microsoft KB Archive/106012

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SUMMARY
This article describes a method you can use to add Postal Numeric Encoding Technique (POSTNET) bar codes to mailing labels using the Envelopes And Labels command on the Tools menu. The Envelopes And Labels command does not include a feature that adds Facing Identification Mark (FIM) bar codes to your labels. You must do this by inserting a BARCODE field in your address.

When you print labels using the mail merge helper, you can add a postal bar code by clicking the Insert Postal Bar Code button in the Create Labels dialog box. However, the Insert Postal Bar Code feature is not part of the Envelopes And Labels command.

NOTE: The Delivery Point Bar Code option, in the Envelopes And Labels dialog box, is available only if your label is at least 3.1 inches wide and United States is the International Country setting in Windows. However, you can always create this type of bar code by inserting a BARCODE field, regardless of the label width and International Country settings. Not that if you insert a BARCODE field manually because the Delivery Point Bar Code option is unavailable, the bar code may not fit on the label.

MORE INFORMATION
Use the following procedure to add bar codes to the labels you create using the Envelopes And Labels command:

 Open a new document. On the Tools menu, click Envelopes and Labels, and then click the Labels tab.  In the Address box, press CTRL+F9 to enter field braces into the box and type one of the following BARCODE fields into the dialog box: Syntax                            Example

{BARCODE \u "Literal Text"}       {BARCODE \u "99999-0000"}

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{BARCODE  \b \u}    {BARCODE MyZIPCode \b \u}

NOTE:  is a bookmark name that defines either the entire mailing address or only the nine-digit ZIP code. Note also that when you use a bookmark name to define the text to use for the bar code, the bookmark name MUST appear before the \u switch as in this example:

{BARCODE  \b \u \* MERGEFORMAT}

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{BARCODE \b  \u \* MERGEFORMAT}

If you use a format other that the ones used in this example, you will receive the "No Zip Code!" error.  Press END to move your cursor outside of the field braces and then enter any other information into the Address box. Click either Print or New Document.

If you insert the BARCODE field in your document, select the address and then click Envelopes And Labels on the Tools menu. Word places the selected text in the Address box. For additional information about using Barcodes for a mail merge, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q107789 TITLE    : Mail Merge Attached Envelope Does Not Create Bar Code

ARTICLE-ID: Q144608 TITLE    : Error Message In Place of BARCODE Field For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: ARTICLE-ID: Q155187 TITLE    : WD: How to Read Postal Barcodes

ARTICLE-ID: Q144608 TITLE    : WD: Error Message In Place of BARCODE Field

ARTICLE-ID: Q105576 TITLE    : WD: Position of Bar Codes Is Certified by U.S. Postal Service

ARTICLE-ID: Q164032 TITLE    : WD: Delivery Point Barcode Option Is Unavailable For more information about the BARCODE field, search for "barcode" in Word Help.
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Last reviewed: March 4, 1998

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