WD2000: Mail Merge Attached Envelope Does Not Create Bar Codes (212221)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q212221

SYMPTOMS

When you create mail merge form letter documents and attach envelopes, bar codes fail to print on your envelopes, even though you selected the Delivery Point Bar Code option.

CAUSE

By default, envelopes that are attached to mail merge form letter documents do not include POSTNET delivery-point bar codes. When you attach an envelope to an existing mail merge form letter, Word has no way to determine which field contains bar code information. The steps that allow determination of ZIP Code/Postal Code fields are bypassed. Although the Delivery Point Bar Code option is available under the Envelope options, Word cannot interpret the MERGEFIELD information as bar code information.

WORKAROUND

To create mail merge envelopes with bar codes, use the Envelopes option, or follow these steps to manually insert a BARCODE field above the existing envelope address fields on the envelope:
  1. Position the insertion point before the first character of the first line of address fields. Press ENTER to create a blank line above the existing address.
  2. Press CTRL+F9 to create field codes.

    NOTE: You may need to turn on the field codes to complete the entry below. To do this, press ALT+F9. After you complete the entry, press ALT+F9 to turn the field codes off, as in the following example

    {BARCODE "{Mergefield Address1}<P> {Mergefield PostalCode}" \u \* mergeformat}

    where Address1 is the field that contains the street address or postal box information, <P> represents a paragraph mark, and PostalCode is the name of the field that contains the ZIP Code/Postal Code information.

    Use the following example

    {BARCODE \u {mergefield zipcode}}

    where zipcode is the mergefield that contains the postal code.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212006 WD2000: Error Message in Place of BARCODE Field

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/26/2005
Keywords:kbmerge kbprb wd2000 KB212221
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