How to Encode Data into QR Code Using Word Add-In
QR Code Add-In for Word is an advanced barcode generating plug-in for QR Code generation & customization, allowing users to create and insert high-quality QR Code barcode images in Microsoft Office Word 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2010 documents with a few mouse clicks.
With QR Code Add-In for Word, users may use dynamic data modes, including alphanumeric data mode, Byte data mode, Kanji data mode, and Numeric data mode, to simplify and accelerate QR Code barcode generation in Word. Here are detailed samples for modify QR Code data in Word. Others, please link to:
Data Related Properties
Symbology
Barcode Generator for Microsoft Word provides Barcode Type option, when you want to add QR Code barcodes in Word.
Word QR Code Barcode Generator encodes:
- Numeric data: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Alphanumeric data
- Byte value (ISO/IEC 8859-1)
- Kanji characters
Data Mode
Barcode Generator for Microsoft Word provides Barcode Type option, when you want to encrypt QR Code barcode encodable character sets with different data mode.
6 QR Code data modes:
- Auto: encodes all 256 possible 8-bit byte values
- Alphanumeric: encodes uppercase and lower case letters Aa-Zz
- Byte: encodes 8-bit values according to ISO/IEC 8859-1
- Numeric: encodes 10 Arabic digits 0-9
- KanjI: encodes Kanji characters
- Customer: encodes data according to the customer
Code
Barcode Generator for Microsoft Word provides Data option, when you need to control QR Code barcode data length in Word.
ProcessTilde
Barcode Generator for Microsoft Word provides Apply Tilde option, when you need to encode some specific ASCII characters or GS1 Application Identifiers for QR Code with a tilde character "~".
- 1-byte character: ~0dd/~1dd/~2dd (character value from 000 ~ 255); ASCII character '~' is presented by ~126
Strings from "~256" to "~299" are unused
- 2-byte character (Unicode): ~6ddddd (character value from 00000 ~ 65535)
Strings from "~665536" to "~699999" are unused
- for GS1 AI Code:
- ECI: ~7dddddd (valid value of dddddd from 000000 to 999999)
- SJIS: from ~9ddddd (Shift JIS 0x8140 ~ 0x9FFC and 0xE040 ~ 0xEBBF)
Error Correction Levels
Barcode Generator for Microsoft Word provides Error Correction Level option, when you need different error correction levels (L, M, H, Q) for QR Code barcodes.
Customize QR Code Barcode Data in Word
Ensure you have installed those following programs before you start to encrypt your QR Code valid character sets in Word Document:
- Windows Installer 3.1,
- VSTO 3.0 Runtime sp1,
- .NET Framework 3.5 sp1
- Microsoft Word 2007/2010
- Barcode Add-In for Microsoft Word installed
Encode QR Code Barcode Data in Word
- Create a new Word Document and activate Barcode Add-In for Microsoft Word;
- Go to "Barcode Setting Panel" and choose "Barcode Type" to "QR Code";
- Input some data - "QR Code" in "Data";
- Click "Generate"; then a QR Code barcode occurs in your Word Document.
Encode QR Code Barcode with Different Data Mode in Word
- Select the existed QR Code in Word;
- Go to "2D Barcode" and select "Data Mode" to "Byte";
- Input some data - "+-&*" in "Data";
- Click "Update"; then a QR Code barcode occurs in your Word Document.
Encode QR Code Barcode with "~" in Word
- Select the existed QR Code in Word;
- Go to "1D Barcode" and activate "Apply Tilde";
- Input some data - "~ai2456QR Code" in "Data";
- Click "Update"; then a QR Code barcode occurs in your Word Document.
Encode QR Code Barcode with Different ECL in Word
- Select the existed QR Code in Word;
- Go to "2D Barcode" and select "Error Correction Level" to "L";
- Click "Update"; then a QR Code barcode occurs in your Word Document.
