Barcode Integration Guide for Microsoft Word

IDAutomation provides a variety of solutions for integrating barcodes into Microsoft 365 Word, compatible with the online and locally installed versions of Word 365.

Recommended Solutions (for creating barcodes one at a time)

• Barcode Image Generator - Available in Windows and Mac versions. Barcode Generator Tutorial.
• QR Code Word Addin - The best choice when using the online version of Word 365.

Word Mail Merge Solutions (generating dynamic barcodes from a data source)

• Code 39 Barcode Fonts Package - The easiest implementation of barcoding in Word with mail merge. Tutorial: Generating Code 39 in Word Mail Merge.
• VBA Functions with Barcode Fonts - A working example is included in all barcode font packages. The example may be easily modified and used. For detailed information, refer to the Implementing VBA Macros with Word tutorial.
• IDAutomation ActiveX Control - This implementation is more difficult and is only recommended for technical users or users familiar with VBA. Refer to the Linking the ActiveX barcode object to a Word mail merge field tutorial.

Alternative Products

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

• Use Barcode Label Software with each label the size of one page. This software is an easy-to-use barcode label printing software with WYSIWYG label design interface. Easy barcode incrementing options are built into the software. The label software also contains its own data source, and it can also import from comma-delimited text files, Excel, Access, and CSV files.