PDF417 Encoder for Windows®
For use with PDF-417 Bar Code Fonts

(PDF417 Symbols Printed with IDAutomation's PDF417 Barcode Font and Encoder)

IDAutomation's PDF417 Font Encoder for Windows is an application provided with the IDAutomation PDF417 Font and Encoder that provides an easy method of creating bar codes one at a time. Barcodes may also be created dynamically by many of the other components provided in the package. Please visit the PDF417 font site for details about the complete package.

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The implementation of PDF417 as a font consists of both the encoder and the font. The purpose of the encoder is to convert the data to encode into proper bar and space patterns formatted to IDAutomation's PDF417 barcode font. It is necessary to use the encoder because of the complexity of the symbology and the required Reed Solomon error correction.

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After the application is installed, it may be accessed by an icon placed in the program group. After the application opens, enter the barcode data in the "data to encode in barcode" field.

To paste into other Windows applications, choose the "Copy to Clipboard" option and press the "Print / Generate PDF417 Code" button. After pressing this button, several lines of numbers and text will appear in the "string to print the barcode" field. To see the string represented as the font, deselect the "show string as selected font" option.

In a word processor such as Microsoft Word, place the cursor on the area for the barcode, and then choose the IDAutomationPDF417n3 font.

Choose Edit - Paste to paste the barcode string into the application.