Can barcodes be used with Word, Access, Excel, or Clipper for scanning and printing?
Yes. It’s pretty easy. You need to get a scanner that has a “keyboard wedge interface” and a built-in decoder or a “software wedge” and a scanner with serial output. A wedge interface works like a really fast typist on a keyboard so it’s easy to connect and use. Some wedge readers are programmable, so that after the scan, a “return” or tab will be produced to move the cursor to the next field To print barcodes you can use just a TT font. There is some problems with TTF barcode printing. The fonts may not print properly for very small or very large point sizes. If you want to print a barcode in a report or document (from Word or Access for example), the easiest True Type barcode font to use is Code 39. You have to pre-pend and post-pend the “*” to the data you want to print as barcode and then just change the font to Code 39. You can also do this for printing labels from Word. You can find free and shareware barcode TT fonts here. If you need to print using Access 2000, try “*” & [Field
