PDF-417, short for Portable Data File 417, is an excellent Stacked linear barcode for encoding large amounts of data. It is generally used in a variety of applications, primarily transport, identification cards, and inventory management.
PDF417 BizCode Add-In for Microsoft Excel provides a unique and robust solution to enhance your business. It allows users to easily and accurately generate PDF-417 as well as Truncated PDF-417 barcodes in Microsoft Office Excel 2007/2010 with a few clicks.
With PDF417 BizCode Add-In for Microsoft Excel, advanced controls of high usability are provided to freely adjust generated barcode image via X, Y dimension, barcode width & height, wide to narrow ratio, quiet margins, image quality in DPI, barcode rotation angles, etc. You can get more specific tutorials here on
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PDF-417 Add-In for Excel Features
| Encodable Characters | Support to encode:
- Standard ASCII characters 0-127 (default: ISO/IEC 646)
- Extended ASCII characters 128-255 (default: ISO/IEC 8859-1) |
| Multiple PDF-417 Barcode | Also support to generate & stream Macro PDF-417 and Truncated PDF-417 barcodes |
| Barcode Specification | Accurate PDF-417 generation in according with ISO / IEC 15438 (2nd edition 2006-06-01) |
| Lower ASCII Support | Support to simply encode functions, such as tabs & returns in PDF-417 barcodes |
| User Manual | Provides complete user manual over every aspect of PDF-417 generation in MS-Excel |
| High Quality Barcode | Export high quality PDF-417 images compatible with all printers! No special printers or hardware extensions are needed! |
PDF-417 Add-In for Excel Requirements
Windows OS & .NET Compatible with Microsoft Windows 7/XP/Vista, Windows Installer 3.1, VSTO 3.0 Runtime sp1, and .NET Framework 3.5 sp1. | Microsoft Office Compatible with Microsoft Office Excel Workbook 2007; Microsoft Office Excel Workbook 2010. |
Install PDF-417 Add-In for Excel
- Download BizCode Add-In for Microsoft Exceland unzip;
- Closed your Excel and Run the Setup file;
- Open your Office Excel, you will Excel barcode add-in has been installed successfully!
How to Generate PDF-417 Barcode in MS-Excel?
- Create a new Excel Workbook and activate BizCode Add-In for Microsoft Excel;
- Go to "Barcode Setting Panel" and choose "Barcode Type" to "PDF-417";
- Input some data - "PDF-417" in "Data";
- Click "Generate"; then a PDF-417 barcode occurs in your Excel Workbook.
How to Generate Truncated PDF-417 Barcode in MS-Excel?
- Create a new Excel Workbook and activate BizCode Add-In for Microsoft Excel;
- Go to "Barcode Setting Panel" and choose "Barcode Type" to "PDF-417";
- Input some data - "PDF-417" in "Data";
- Click "Generate"; then a PDF-417 barcode occurs in your Excel Workbook;
- Go to "2D Barcode" and activate "Truncated PDF-417";
- Click "Update"; then a Truncated PDF-417 barcode occurs in your Excel Workbook.
How to Generate PDF-417 Barcode with Different ECL in MS-Excel?
- Create a new Excel Workbook and activate BizCode Add-In for Microsoft Excel;
- Go to "Barcode Setting Panel" and choose "Barcode Type" to "PDF-417";
- Input some data - "PDF-417" in "Data";
- Click "Generate"; then a PDF-417 barcode occurs in your Excel Workbook;
- Go to "2D Barcode" and choose "Error Correction Level" to "Level_5";
- Click "Upgrade"; then a PDF-417 barcode occurs in your Excel Workbook.
How to Link cell with a PDF-417 Barcode in MS-Excel?
- Create a new Excel Workbook and activate BizCode Add-In for Microsoft Excel;
- Go to "Barcode Setting Panel" and choose "Barcode Type" to "PDF-417";
- Input some data - "PDF-417" in "Data";
- Click "Generate"; then a PDF-417 barcode occurs in your Excel Workbook;
- Click on a cell with data and click "Link to Cell";
- Click "Upgrade"; then a PDF-417 barcode occurs in the cell you choose.
How to Generate Multiple PDF-417 Barcodes in Different Cells?
- Create a new Excel Workbook and activate BizCode Add-In for Microsoft Excel;
- Go to "Barcode Setting Panel" and choose "Barcode Type" to "PDF-417";
- Input some data - "PDF-417" in "Data";
- Click on a cell with data and click "Link to Cell";
- Click "Generate"; then a PDF-417 barcode occurs in the cell you choose;
- Change the data in the cell you choose and click "Update Link to Cell";
- Click "Update"; then a different PDF-417 barcode occurs.
How to Generate PDF-417 Barcode list in MS-Excel?
- Create a new Excel Workbook and activate BizCode Add-In for Microsoft Excel;
- Go to "Barcode Setting Panel" and choose "Barcode Type" to "PDF-417";
- Input some data in all the cells that you want to convert to barcodes;
- Select all the cells that you want to convert to barcodes and click "Link to Cell";
- Click "Generate"; then a list of PDF-417 barcodes occurs in cell you choose.
