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Field codes: BarCode field

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

{ BARCODE \u "LiteralText" or Bookmark \b [Switches ] }

Inserts a postal bar code, which is a machine-readable form of address used by the U.S. Postal Service. The BARCODE field (field: A set of codes that instructs Microsoft Word to insert text, graphics, page numbers, and other material into a document automatically. For example, the DATE field inserts the current date.) can insert either a POSTNET delivery-point bar code or a Facing Identification Mark, or FIM.

It's easiest to insert postal bar codes with the Envelopes and Labels command (Tools menu, Letters and Mailings submenu).

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"LiteralText" or Bookmark

Delivery address and ZIP Code. When followed by the \b switch, a bookmark (bookmark: A location or selection of text in a file that you name for reference purposes. Bookmarks identify a location within your file that you can later refer or link to.) can replace LiteralText. For example, the bookmark "ENV_ZIPCODE1" represents the address in the active document (active document: The document in which you're working. Text you type or graphics you insert in Microsoft Word appear in the active document. The title bar of the active document is highlighted.); it's inserted by the Envelopes and Labels command (Tools menu, Letters and Mailings submenu). LiteralText can also be the result of a nested field.

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\b

When preceded by a bookmark (bookmark: A location or selection of text in a file that you name for reference purposes. Bookmarks identify a location within your file that you can later refer or link to.), uses the ZIP Code information from the address defined by the bookmark.

\f "letter"

Inserts a Facing Identification Mark (FIM), specified by letter: "A" inserts a courtesy reply mark; "C" inserts a business reply mark. "A" is inserted if you select the FIM-A Courtesy Reply Mail check box in the Envelope Options dialog box. To print a business reply mark, display field codes (field code: Placeholder text that shows where specified information from your data source will appear; the elements in a field that generate a field's result. The field code includes the field characters, field type, and instructions.), and change the letter to "C."

You must have a POSTNET bar code to print FIM-A and FIM-C marks.

\u

Identifies the bar code as a U.S. postal address.

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The fields { BARCODE ENV_ZIPCODE1 \b \u } and { BARCODE ENV_ZIPCODE1 \b \u \f "A" } are inserted with the Envelopes and Labels command (Tools menu, Letters and Mailings submenu).