PSS ID Number: 155187
Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q155187
SUMMARY
This article describes how to read a postal bar code in order to determine whether Microsoft Word created the correct bar code.
MORE INFORMATION
A postal bar code is composed of three main components: framing bars, number bars, and checksum bars.
The first bar on the left side and the last bar on the right side of the postal bar code are framing bars for the postal bar code. You can ignore these.
To read the bar code, start with the second bar. Group the bars into groups of five bars each. Each number in a postal bar code consists of five bars.
We will use the following address as an example:
||,|,,|,,|,||,,,,|,|,,,|,|,||,,,,||,|,|,,|,|,,||,,,,,,|||,,|,| Microsoft Corporation 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA. 98052-6399 Postal Bar Code Legend: | represents a tall bar , represents a short bar Number Barcode Number Barcode ------ ------- ------ ------- 0 ||,,, 5 ,|,|, 1 ,,,|| 6 ,||,, 2 ,,|,| 7 |,,,| 3 ,,||, 8 |,,|, 4 ,|,,| 9 |,|,, Breakdown of Sample Bar Code: Framing Bar Checksum ----------- -------- | 8 v / \ | |,|,, |,,|, ||,,, ,|,|, ,,|,| ,||,, ,,||, |,|,, |,|,, ||,,, ,,,|| |,,|, | \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / ^ 9 8 0 5 2 6 3 9 9 0 1 | | Framing | Bar | ---------+ 9 8 0 5 2 6 3 9 9 0 1 --------- ------- ----------------- ZipCode Zip+4 Last Two Digits of Street Address
The checksum is the smallest number that, when added to the total of the other digits, gives a result that is a multiple of 10. The checksum in this example is 8. When you add 8 to 52 (the sum of the other digits)-- the result is 60, a multiple of 10.
For additional information on adding or creating a postal bar codes in Word, or if the bar code produces incorrect results, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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