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Barcode

In PrintShop Mail Connect Designer, you can add a variety of barcodes to your template. The

supported Barcode types include 1d barcodes (the striped ones) and 2d barcodes (encoded

horizontally and vertically).

Adding a Barcode

Note

When generating Print output, you can add extra barcodes and OMR marks. The reason

why you would do this, is that at merge time more information is available about the

actual output document. The page count, for example, is not available at design time.

To add barcodes and OMR marks on the fly when generating Print output, select File >

Print and check the option Add additional content (see "Additional Content" on

page708) in the Print Wizard. To have this done automatically, save this and other output

options in an Output Creation Preset: select File > Print Presets > Output Creation

Settings (see "Output Creation Presets Wizard" on page676).

Before adding a Barcode, load data or at least a Data Model; see "Loading data" on page332.

You will need the field names when adding the Barcode. Then, to add a Barcode to a section,

Master Page or snippet:

Select Insert > Barcode on the menu or click the Barcode toolbar button.

2. Choose the desired barcode type. The list is divided between 1d and 2d barcodes.

Give the barcode an ID and/or class.

Check the option Absolute to insert the barcode in an absolute-positioned box inside the

<body> of the HTML, but outside other elements. (This option is not available in Email

sections.) Alternatively, use the Location drop-down to select where to insert the

Barcode.

At cursor position inserts it where the cursor is located in the template.

Before element inserts it before the HTML element in which the cursor is currently

located. For example if the cursor is within a paragraph, the insertion point will be

before the <p> tag.*

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