![]() ![]() The HT character is 73, coded by Chr(105). Since the macro uses Table B most of the time, you will need to switch to table A inside the barcode (which is control character 101, coded by Chr(201)). But it worked for me/my barcodes and it gives others something to work with. ‘oneliner’ has limitations, since it’s based on the assumption that Table B is used for the barcode, and it will add it only to the end of the barcode. I managed to add that to it with a quick line of code. In my application I needed a TAB at the end of my barcode, to jump to the next cell. I know it’s years ago that this comment was posted, but just for future reference: Once the barcodes are generated in Word, they can easily be printed and affixed to whatever they’re designed to label. The other advantage with mail merge is that the barcode can be combined with other useful information on the label stickers in a manner which is efficient and unlikely to generate error. Mail merge can be tricky (a good subject for another post), but once mastered can make barcode generation very easy indeed. To get around this problem, I use a mail merge in Microsoft Word, combined with a sticker template to generate labels that contain both the barcode string (which is displayed in the Code 128 font) and the original number (which can be displayed in Arial, Times New Roman etc). Unfortunately people need a human-readable number string beside a barcode, which means copying both the barcode string and the number sequence used to generate it. Whilst it’s nice to be able to generate Code 128 barcodes in Excel, this isn’t entirely useful on a practical level.Īfter generating the barcode strings (for example “ÍKLÈ3.323LΔ), these sequences can be copied and pasted into Word and the Code 128 font applied to them in order to generate a barcode. Often the number can simply be copied and pasted back into the same cell, or re-typed. I added conditional formatting via the following rule: =$D:$D"" so that errors will be displayed: The formula in Column D is designed to display “Error” if this occurs so as to alert the operator. Unfortunately this script is not perfect and sometimes an a-circumflex ( Â) character will be displayed in the middle of the barcode, particularly if copying numbers from other sources. ![]() If this doesn’t work, you may need to close and re-open Excel at this stage. Now when you enter data into cell A2, a barcode should be displayed in cell C2 and so-on down the entire sheet. Highlight Column C and change the font to “Code 128”. The formulae should copy down the entire columns.
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