FAQ: TBarCode Office Excel Add-In

Barcode Size Changes On Different PC
Inserting a Single Barcode into Microsoft Excel
How to Create a Barcode List
Video: Creating Barcodes and Barcode Lists in Excel

There are two possible reasons why this size changing happens:

1. Enlarged Screen Fonts

User A is using standard font sizes (100%). User B has adjusted enlarged screen fonts (e.g. 125%). User A saves the Excel sheet with the bar codes in normal (correct) size. User B opens the sheet and discovers the bar code object with a different size (scaled according to the difference in screen font sizes).

Excel scales the bar code objects independently from TBarCode Office. The only solution would be to use the same readability options (screen font enlargement) on all involved PCs.

2. Different Screen Resolution

User A has a screen resolution of 1280x1024 Pixels. User B has a screen resolution of 1600 x 1200 Pixels. User A saves the Excel sheet with a bar code in normal (correct) size. User B opens the sheet and discovers the bar code object with a different size (scaled according to the difference in screen resolution between A and B).

Excel scales the bar code objects independently from TBarCode Office. The only solution would be to use the same screen resolution on all involved PCs.

To insert bar codes into a Microsoft Excel document please follow these steps:

1. Switch to the Add-Ins tab.
2. Open the TBarCode Panel.
3. Position the mouse cursor in a cell.
4. Select the barcode type (e.g. Code 128).
5. Enter the barcode data or use the default data for the selected barcode.
6. Adjust the size of the barcode (width, height, module width etc).
7. Click the button Insert Barcode. Finished!

1. Open the Excel spreadsheet with the barcode data (e.g. a list with article numbers) or create your own list.
2. Open the TBarCode Panel.
3. Mark the cells with the barcode data.
4. Select the barcode type (e.g. Code 128).
5. Click the button Insert Barcode. Finished!

The first part of the video demonstrates how to create a single barcode. If required the barcode can be linked to a spreadsheet cell. Dynamic bar-codes, which are updated automatically, are implemented easily with this cell linking feature. In the second part of the video you learn how to create bar-code lists with a single click.

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