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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.

Code39

Code39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barcodesofthistypeprocess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barcodetypesCode39andCode39extended.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.

Inter Character Gap

Twoadjacentcharactersareseparatedbyaninter-charactergap.Avalueof1meansthatthesep-

aratorwillhavethesamelengthasthewidthofthenarrowbars(incentimeters).

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