Printing bar codes in Word using Mail Merge

Bar code fonts must be installed to print bar codes. A license is required for each person that prints bar codes, because our fonts will be used. A license is also required to create bar codes, using macros and components in JIT-DOC.

Word macro CiaxFillTablePro (in the ciaxcom.dot Word template) is simple enough for all Word users to use. The macro can simplify and automate creating bar codes when you are using the Mail Merge tool in Word.

Installing the template and macro

Open template file ciaxcom.dot

- Choose menu Open
- Change File of type to Document Templates (*.dot)
- Choose template document file ciaxcom.dot

Run macro CiaxInstallCiaxcom

- Choose menu Tools | Macro | Macros ...
- Choose CiaxInstallCiaxcom
- Click Run
- Choose menu File | Exit to exit Word and start Word again

Now ciaxcom.dot is in your Word Startup directory so you can run the CiaxFillTablePro macro any time.

Running the macro

Before you can use this section, you should create a Mail Merge document using Word. Your Mail Merge document must have a main document and a data source document.

To run the CiaxFillTablePro macro;

- Choose menu Tools | Macro | Macros ...
- Select CiaxFillTablePro and click Run

Using the macro

The macro prompts you for input, so do the following;

- Select bar code options
- Select the field to be used to calculate the bar codes. 

The options you select are stored in your Mail Merge main document, so it is a good idea to save it.

- IMPORTANT: Save your Mail Merge document.
- Print your Mail Merge document in the usual way.

Fonts to use

Below is a list of the bar code types that the macro allows you can select, and the font name and font size you should select in your main document;