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Scale

Definesifandhowtherenderedbarcodeisscaledinrelationtotheparentelement:

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None:Thebarcodeisrenderedbasedonthemodulewidth.

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Fit to box:Thebarcodeisstretchedtofittheparentboxinbothwidthandheight.

Add Checksum

Whenchecked,PrintShopMailConnectwillcalculateaChecksumcharacterandaddthattotheresult

oftheBarcodescript.Ifthevaluetobeencodedislongerthan10digits,asecondcheckcharacterwill

becalculated.

Human Readable Message

Whenthisoptionischecked,PrintShopMailConnectshowsahumanreadabletextbeloworabovethe

barcode,asdefinedusingtheTextPosition,usingthespecifiedfontandfontsize.Thefontsizeis

giveninpoints(pt).

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extended

Code39extended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.

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