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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.

SwissQRCode

TheSwissQRCodeisaspecificsub-setofQRbarcodestandardsandisoneoftheseveral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.

InsteadofusingtheScriptwizard(see"AddingaBarcode"onpage175)youcouldwriteyourown

scripttogetthedatafortheQRCode.

Barcode properties

ThistopicliststhepropertiesavailableforSwissQRbarcodes.Forthepropertiesofotherbarcode

types,see"Barcodetypeandproperties"onpage177.

Encoding

Thisoptiondefinestheencodingofthebarcode.WhenAutoisselected,thebarcodegeneratordeterm-

inestheencodingbasedonthesuppliedstring.Theotheroptionsare:

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Numeric:10bitsper3digits,withamaximumof7089numericalcharacters.

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Alphanumeric:11bitsper2characters,withamaximumof4296alphanumericalcharacters.

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