Barcode labels in Microsoft Word 2003 & XP Mail Merge

 

See instructions for Mail Merge in Word 2000 here

 

Go to Tools -> Letters and Mailings -> Mail Merge

 

Select Labels from the Mail Merge Task Pane and click on Next: Starting document

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Click on Label Options... and select the label layout.

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Click on Next: Select recipients

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Click on Browse... and select Mail Merge Data.xls from:

C:\Program Files\BarCodeWiz ActiveX\Mail Merge Example\Mail Merge Data.xls

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Click OK in the next two windows.

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Click on Next: Arrange your labels.

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Place the mouse cursor inside the first label and click on More items...

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Select the Barcode field and click on Insert. You may also add the Product_Name field, add a text description or insert an image.

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Surround the field with square brackets.  Only the data surrounded with square brackets will be converted to barcodes.

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Click on Update all labels to place a barcode in each label.

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Click on Next: Preview your labels and Next: Complete the merge.

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Click on Edit individual labels in order to merge to a new document, and click OK in the next window.

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Click on Convert All on the BarCodeWiz Toolbar in order to generate the barcodes.

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