atw: Re: Australian Standards for Letters

You need a 
plug-in<http://www.officebarcode.com/word-barcoding.html><http://www.officebarcode.com/word-barcoding.html>

2008/10/29 Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>

> Rod,
> Thanks for the history.
>
> That explains why I cannot use Word to put on USPS codes.
> I am getting mail that has some type of barcode.  Any idea what it is and
> how to do it?
>
> Bob T
>
> 2008/10/29 Rod Stuart <rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>  Symptoms
>>
>> In an earlier version of Microsoft Office Word, I was able to get a bulk
>> mailing discount on my mailings by inserting a POSTNET bar code, as well as
>> a FIM-A code on envelopes and labels. In Microsoft Office Word 2007, I
>> cannot find the options for adding these codes to my envelopes and labels.
>> Cause
>>
>> Periodically, the United States Postal Service (USPS) changes the way it
>> calculates postal bar codes. When this happens, bulk mail that uses the bar
>> codes generated by Word may not be accepted by the USPS. To avoid providing
>> bar codes that may become obsolete, Microsoft has removed this feature from
>> Office Word 2007.
>>
>> 2008/10/29 Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>  Does anyone know how to type the barcode that is often above or below
>>> the typed address?
>>>
>>> Just wondering.
>>> Bob T
>>>
>>> 2008/10/28 Daryl Colquhoun <atw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>> Brian - me sad? No.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A transferred epithet. Your comments about the TAFE nonagenarians induce
>>>> sadness. Not that I've anything against nonagenarians; one day I hope to be
>>>> one.
>>>>
>>>> The point about envelope addressing is that it can carry through to the
>>>> address on the letter itself. (This is how your argument to the
>>>> nonagenarians will run.) For a start, the addressing may as well be the 
>>>> same
>>>> in both places. But if you're using window-faced envelopes, the letter
>>>> address _is_ the envelope address.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> Bob Trussler
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>>
>>
>>
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>> Rod Stuart
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>
>
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> Bob Trussler
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Rod Stuart
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Dilston, TAS 7252, Australia
<rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx>
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