Barcode Integration Guide for Microsoft Word

IDAutomation provides a variety of solutions for integrating barcodes into Microsoft Word.

Recommended Solution:
Integration Options Advantages | Disadvantages Barcode Types
Product:
Barcode Image Generator
Tutorial:
Barcode Generator Tutorial
Supported: Barcode Fonts For Windows Operating Systems Barcode Fonts For Office 2004 For Macintosh Environments
Single Users
From $139
  • Available in Windows and Mac versions, it is the easiest implementation to use in Word when dynamic barcodes in a mail merge are not necessary.
  • The copy-to-clipboard feature allows easy pasting into applications.
  • The time-saving memorization feature remembers all properties and settings of the previous image.
Word Mail Merge Recommended Solutions:
Integration Options Advantages | Disadvantages Barcode Types
Product:
Code 39 Barcode Fonts Package
Tutorial:
Generate Code 39 in Word Mail Merge
Supported: Barcode Fonts For Windows Operating Systems Barcode Fonts For Office 2004 For Macintosh Environments
Single Users
From $159
  • The easiest implementation of barcoding in Word with mail merge.
  • A Word mail merge example is provided in the Code 39 Font download.
  • It only supports the encoding of uppercase characters and numbers.
Product:
VBA Functions with Barcode Fonts
Tutorial:
Implementing VBA Macros with Word
Supported: Barcode Fonts For Windows Operating Systems Barcode Fonts For Office 2004 For Macintosh Environments
Single Users
From $159
  • Excel must be used as the data source when creating barcodes in a Microsoft Word mail merge using Macros.
  • The field used for the data source in Word should be the column in Excel where the formula has been applied, which is used to format the data to the barcode font.
  • In Word, the appropriate barcode font must be selected for the field from Excel.
Product:
IDAutomation ActiveX Control
Tutorial:
Linking the ActiveX barcode object to a Word mail merge field
Supported: Barcode Fonts For Windows Operating Systems
Single Users
From $199

Alternative Products:

The following implementation can usually produce the same result with greater functionality than Word, which was not designed to generate dynamic barcodes.

Integration Options Advantages | Disadvantages Barcode Types
Product:
Use Barcode Label Software with each label the size of one page.
Tutorial:
User Manual
Single Users
From $159
Supported: Barcode Fonts For Windows Operating Systems
  • Easy-to-use barcode label printing software with WYSIWYG label design interface.
  • Easy barcode incrementing options are built into the software.
  • The label software contains its own data source and it can also Import from comma-delimited text files, Microsoft Excel, Access, and CSV files.
  • Video: How to Link an External Source to the IDAutomation Barcode Label Software.