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~dNNN.Forexample,~d013representsacarriagereturn.
Notethatwiththisoptionchecked,anytildethatneedstobeincludedintheoutputmustbeescapedby
addinganothertilde:~~.
Human Readable Message
Whenthisoptionischecked,PlanetPressConnectshowsahumanreadabletextbeloworabovethe
barcode,asdefinedusingtheTextPosition,usingthespecifiedfontandfontsize.Thefontsizeis
giveninpoints(pt).
Color
TheColorgroupallowsyoutochooseadifferentBarcodecolor(insteadofblack)andBackground
color(insteadofwhite),bytypingahexadecimalcolorvalue(seeforexamplew3school'scolorpicker).
WhenblackisacompositeofCMYKorRGBvalues,itmayincuracolorclickchargeonsomeprinters.
ChecktheOutput in Grayscaleoptiontomakesurethatpureblackisused.
Output format
Defineshowthebarcodeisoutputonthepage.Therearetwopossibleformats:
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SVG:Vectorformat.Thisisusuallyofhigherquality,butmaytakelongertogenerateandisnot
compatiblewithEmailoutput.
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PNG:Binaryrasterizedformat.ThishasaslightlylowerqualitythanSVGbutisusuallygen-
eratedfasterandwilldisplayproperlyinEmailoutput.
DataMatrix
DataMatrixisoneofthetypesofbarcodesthatcanbeaddedtoatemplate;see"Barcode"on
page572.
ThebarcodecanbeaddedeitherusingtheBarcodetoolbarbuttonorthroughselectingInsert > Bar-
codeonthemenu;see"AddingaBarcode"onpage572.
Initiallythebarcodewillhavethebarcodetype'sdefaultproperties.Tochangethoseproperties,such
asthescaleandcolor,opentheBarcodepropertiesdialog:right-clickthebarcode(ontheDesigntab
intheWorkspace)andselecttheBarcode...optioninthecontextmenu.
DataMatrixbarcodescanbereadeveniftheyarepartiallydamaged,becauseoftheerrorcorrection
codesaddedtothem(accordingtotheECC200standard).
Barcode properties
ThistopicliststhepropertiesoftheDataMatrixbarcode.Forthepropertiesofotherbarcodetypes,see
"Barcodetypeandproperties"onpage574.
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