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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.
GS1DataMatrix
GS1DataMatrixisoneofthetypesofbarcodesthatcanbeaddedtoatemplate;see"Barcode"on
page175.
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.
About GS1 DataMatrix barcode data
InordertocreateaGS1DataMatrixbarcode,thebarcodedatamustmeetthefollowingrequirements.
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ThebarcodedatamuststartwithaleadingFNC1character.Either~1or~d232.
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TheGS1ApplicationIdentifiers(AI)mustbeusedforalldata.
Thefunctioncode~1mustbeusedasfieldseparatorforvariablelengthAIelements.
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OnlyASCIIcharactersshouldbeused.
Barcode properties
ThistopicliststhepropertiesofthebarcodetypeGS1DataMatrix.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.
Preferred format
Usethedrop-downtoselectthesizeoftheDataMatrix.
Scale
Definesifandhowtherenderedbarcodeisscaledinrelationtotheparentelement:
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