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Make a Bar Code Utility

This utility converts your bar code data into actual bar codes. Select the type of bar code and options you need, type your data, then click Make a bar code to add the appropriate start and stop codes and to calculate your checksum. Use this utility to build bar codes and then to copy and paste them into other Windows programs for printing. Click on any orange circle below to view a description of exactly what that control does. Bar codes can be copied into Word for label printing, or into a desktop publishing program to display a bar code on your packaging. These bar code fonts are compatible with virtually any Windows program. For MicroSoft programs like Excel and Access see the package documentation for details on using our VBA macros directly inside of those programs.

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1Select the type of bar code

Select the type of bar code Select the type of bar code you want to make. Choose between bar codes: 2/5 interleaved, 3 of 9, 93, 128, Codabar, EAN (including Bookland), PostNet, or UPC.

2Change bar code height

Change bar code height Modify the height of a bar code without changing the width. Select one of the font sizes shown here.

3Bar code options

Bar code options Basic bar code options. Switch between human readable and standard bar codes. Human readable bar codes print the data in the bar code below the bar code patterns.

4Change bar code width

Change bar code width Scale the bar code width up or down by increasing or decreasing the point size.

5Show a Tip of the Day

Show a Tip of the Day Display the next program Tip of the Day. From this display you can page forwards or backwards through the list of all available tips.

6Program information

Program information Display program and contact information including the version number of this software.

7Help

Help Launch the Windows Help application. The Help form will give you detailed answers to most questions about the program.

8Bar code options summary

Bar code options summary This window provides a summary of the bar code and all of the options you have selected for it.

9Bar code options 1

Bar code options 1 This area is reserved to control one specific option for the bar code type selected above.

10Tip of the Day

Tip of the Day Display the next Tip of the Day on each start up when this is checked. Uncheck the box to stop this start up behavior.

11Bar code data entry

Bar code data entry Type in the data you want to convert to a bar code here. This program will add the selected Start code to the beginning of your bar code, calculate the checksum (if needed) for you and append it after your data, and then add the Stop code at the end of your bar code.

12Display converted bar code data

Display converted bar code data This is the string of characters to use with our bar code fonts. Note you can not just type in most bar code fonts. Your bar code data is converted into a data string and this data string must be used with our bar code fonts.

13This is your bar code

This is your bar code This is a sample of what your bar code will look like. Note that Windows screen resolution is fairly low, so the bar code displayed on screen may not exactly match what will be printed.

14Make a bar code

Make a bar code Click this button to make a bar code from your data.

15Copy to clip board

Copy to clip board Copy your completed bar code to the Windows clip board. (The Windows clip board is invisible- don't worry about where it is or how it works.) You can then paste this bar code directly into virtually any Windows program by pressing Ctrl-V or using the Edit, Paste menu in your program.

16Insert a control character

Insert a control character This optional field lets you input bar code specific data. For example, all bar code 128 subsets allow the entry of some kinds of characters that can not be typed from a Windows keyboard. To enter one of these special characters, select the character you want to enter from the drop down box on the right. (Like FNC1) Then click the Insert key to enter that character into your bar code.

17Print a sample bar code sheet

Print a sample bar code sheet Print a sample page of your bar code to see just what it will look like. This sample page shows your bar code in a number of different sizes.

18Check for updates

Check for updates Check the web for program updates

19Bar code options 2

Bar code options 2 This area is also reserved to control one specific option for the bar code type selected above.

20Bar code options 3

Bar code options 3 This area is also reserved to control one specific option for the bar code type selected above.

21Additional options for this bar code

Additional options for this bar code Some bar codes require additional options. This area is reserved to select those bar code specific options.