>>>Jason,
>>>my table will only contain one field which is the one I want shown as a barcode, am I right in understanding that if I add this field as a mergefield in the Word doc, set the font of the field to MyBarcodeFont - it will print as a valid barcode - examples of my field values: is E12343,T0092
>>>
>>>Regards
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>>>Pete
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>>Pete,
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>>Yes it should work that way.
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>>Regards,
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>>Jason
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>Jason,
>thanks very much for your patience and assistance, having enquired about purchasing fonts I'm being asked "Do you want 3 of 9" and or "EAN", which one do I need?
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>Regards
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>Pete

That depends on what you are trying to do. These equate to "Arial" vs "Times New Roman" With this difference. If you have the wrong one, the bar code reader won'e be able to understand it.

The key thing is that the settings for the bar code reader, and the font you are using match. We use EAN here, but we're scanning books, and that is the defacto standard in the book industry.

Start with the reader, and explain to the sales rep what you are trying to do. We use Symbol readers here, but there are other good manufacturers as well.

Regards,

Jason