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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.
Codabar
Codabarisoneofthebarcodetypesthatcanbeaddedtoatemplate.
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175.
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processestildecharacters(~)inthedataasspecialcharacters.Seethe
Java4lessBarcodesGuidetolearnwhatthetildecharactercanbeusedfor.
Barcode properties
ThistopicliststhepropertiesoftheCodabarbarcode.Forthepropertiesofotherbarcodetypes,see
"Barcodetypeandproperties"onpage177.
Module width
Specifiesthewidthofthenarrowbarsincentimeters.Changingthisvaluetoahighervaluewillmake
thebarcodebiggerwhenScaleissettoNone.
Start Char and Stop Char
Usethedrop-downtoselectthestartandstopcharacterforthebarcode,whichdefinestheencoding
mode.AvailablecharactersareA,B,C.
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