FAQ: TBarCode Office Word Add-In

Insert Barcodes into Microsoft Word Documents
Insert Barcodes Into Serial Letters
Video: Barcodes in Word Documents and Serial Letters
Mail Merge Stops After Two Records With TXT or CSV Datasource
Fatal Error at MailMergeDataField.get_Value()
Mail Merge: Bar Code Data Does Not Change
No Barcode Visible / Cropped Barcode

To insert a bar code into a Microsoft Word document follow these steps:

1. Switch to the Add-Ins tab.
2. Open the TBarCode Panel.
3. Select the barcode type (e.g. Code 128).
4. Enter your barcode data.
5. Adjust the size of the barcode (width, height, module width etc).
6. Click the button Insert Barcode. Finished!

Mail merge fields (e.g. the customer number) can be selected directly and then printed as barcode:

7. Use the button Insert Merge Field... to encode the required merge fields in the bar code.

A demo of our serial letter functionality you will find in our TBarCode Office Video.

Let's check out the Barcode Add-In for Word demo video. The first part of the video demonstrates how to insert bar codes into Microsoft Word 2007, 2010 and 2013. The second part of the video shows how to generate a bar-coded mail merge/serial letter using a recipient list.

For more videos visit our TBarCode Office Tutorial Channel!

Solution: The data-file for the mail merge must be connected as "OLE DB Datasource".

Connect your data-file with Select Recipients and select your text or CSV file. In the Confirm Data Source dialog, select "OLE DB Database Files" and click OK.

If the Confirm Data Source dialog does not appear you have to enable it in the Word Options. Go to Word Options | Advanced | General and activate the option "Confirm file format conversion on open". Then reconnect your data as described above.

Access MDB Data Source

Please verify the table fields in your data source. The error can appear if a field name contains more than 32 characters. As a solution rename the fields in your import table or create a view with renamed fields.

Layout Options

The barcode must be inserted in the layout options (Format Object) always as „In line with text“. The option „In Front of Text“ is not supported for Mail Merge.

For flexible bar code positioning, you can insert the barcode into a freely positioned text box.

Preview Mode

In the preview mode the barcode is always shown using the data from the first record. To get the correct barcodes please do a mail merge into a new document or directly to the printer.

TBarCode is inserted in Word as „Inline Shape“. In case of Inline Shapes, the shape is clipped if the line height is configured to a fixed value.

The barcode should be visible again if you adjust line spacing to "Single".