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Barcodes enable users to encode form data:
Figure 1. Example Barcodes. PDF417 Barcode (Above), QR Code Barcode (Center), Data Matrix Barcode (Bottom)
The functionality of PDF-XChange Editor enables a wide range of dynamic customization for barcodes, as detailed below. Click the dropdowns for further information:
1. Click Edit Form, then click the Barcode icon in the Form Toolbar (these locations are highlighted in the image below). A blue rectangle will be displayed at the location of the pointer. This rectangle represents the barcode:
Figure 2. Active Barcode Tool
2. Move the rectangle to the desired location and then click to add the barcode to the document. (Use the editing aids detailed here to assist in the precise placement of barcodes). Added barcodes appear as below:
Figure 3. Added Barcodes
•Click and drag the yellow control points to resize barcodes. •Use the options in the Properties Toolbar to determine the style and appearance of barcodes: •Fill Color determines the color used to fill barcodes. •Stroke Color determines the border color of barcodes. •Border Style determines the style of barcode borders. •Border Width determines the width of barcode borders. •Properties launches the Barcode Field Properties pane, which enables the customization of additional elements of barcodes.
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The following example will detail the creation of a barcode that represents numerical form data entered elsewhere in the same form:
1. Click Edit Form, then click the Barcode icon in the Form Toolbar (these locations are highlighted in the image below). The blue rectangle that represents the barcode will be displayed:
Figure 8. Active Barcode Tool
2. Click to add the barcode, then click Properties in the Properties Toolbar to open the Barcode Field Properties pane:
Figure 9. Active Barcode Tool, Barcode Field Properties Pane
3. Scroll down the Barcode Field Properties pane to the Calculation Type property, then select Encode Using Tab Delimited Format:
Figure 10. Calculation Type Property, Encode Using Tab Delimited Format
The next step is to create the form fields from which the barcode will take its data:
4. Click Text Field and Keep Mode (highlighted in the image below) in the Form Toolbar, then click to add some text fields to the document:
Figure 11. New Text Boxes
5. Click Standard (highlighted in the image below) and select the Hand Tool, then click to select the text fields one at a time and enter some numerical data:
Figure 12. Active Hand Tool
6. Click Edit Form, then click Select Fields in the Form Toolbar, (these locations are highlighted in the image below) and click the barcode to select it:
Figure 13. Selected Barcode
7. Scroll down the Barcode Field Properties pane to the Fields property (highlighted in the image below) and click the ellipsis icon. The Field Selection dialog box will open. Note that the text fields entered at step four each feature a corresponding check box. Select the boxes of the forms to be included in the creation of the barcode and click OK:
Figure 14. Selected Barcode and Field Selection Dialog Box
The barcode will update to represent the information:
Figure 15. Updated Barcode
If the content of the text fields used to create the barcode is updated then the barcode will update to represent the new information. |