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SYMPTOMSWhen you create mail merge form letter documents and attach envelopes, bar codes fail to print on your envelopes, even though you selected the Delivery Point Bar Code option. CAUSEBy default, envelopes attached to mail merge form letter documents do not include POSTNET delivery-point bar codes. When you attach an envelope to an existing mail merge form letter, Word has no way to determine which field contains bar code information. The steps that allow determination of ZIP Code fields are bypassed. Although the Delivery Point Bar Code option is available under the Envelope options, Word cannot interpret the MERGEFIELD information into bar code information. WORKAROUND
To create mail merge envelopes with bar codes, use the Envelopes option,
or manually insert a BARCODE field above the existing envelope address
fields on the envelope, as follows:
Q144608 Error Message in Place of BARCODE Field Additional query words: FIM-A
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