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~dNNN.Forexample,~d013representsacarriagereturn.

Notethatwiththisoptionchecked,anytildethatneedstobeincludedintheoutputmustbeescapedby

addinganothertilde:~~.

Color

TheColorgroupallowsyoutochooseadifferentBarcodecolor(insteadofblack)andBackground

color(insteadofwhite),bytypingahexadecimalcolorvalue(seeforexamplew3school'scolorpicker).

WhenblackisacompositeofCMYKorRGBvalues,itmayincuracolorclickchargeonsomeprinters.

ChecktheOutput in Grayscaleoptiontomakesurethatpureblackisused.

Output format

Defineshowthebarcodeisoutputonthepage.Therearetwopossibleformats:

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SVG:Vectorformat.Thisisusuallyofhigherquality,butmaytakelongertogenerateandisnot

compatiblewithEmailoutput.

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PNG:Binaryrasterizedformat.ThishasaslightlylowerqualitythanSVGbutisusuallygen-

eratedfasterandwilldisplayproperlyinEmailoutput.

RoyalMail4-State(CBC)

Royal Mail 4-State (CBC)isoneofthetypesofbarcodesthatcanbeaddedtoatemplate;see"Bar-

code"onpage572.

InPlanetPressConnectversionspriorto2019.2thisbarcodewascalled"RoyalMail4State

(RM4SCC)".

ThebarcodecanbeaddedeitherusingtheBarcodetoolbarbuttonorthroughselectingInsert > Bar-

codeonthemenu;see"AddingaBarcode"onpage572.

Initiallythebarcodewillhavethebarcodetype'sdefaultproperties.Tochangethoseproperties,such

asthescaleandcolor,opentheBarcodepropertiesdialog:right-clickthebarcode(ontheDesigntab

intheWorkspace)andselecttheBarcode...optioninthecontextmenu.

Notethatthistypeofbarcodedoesn'tprocesstildecharacters(~)inthedataasspecialcharacters.

Barcode properties

ThistopicliststhepropertiesofthebarcodetypeRoyalMail4-State(CBC).Forthepropertiesofother

barcodetypes,see"Barcodetypeandproperties"onpage574.

Height, width and spacing

Theheight,widthandspacingofthebarcodeareallmeasuredinpixels(38dpi).

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