samples to input valid data and generate 2D Data Matrix images in Excel

• Excel Data Matrix Introduction
• Excel Data Matrix Overview
• Data Matrix Related Products
• Excel Data Matrix Data Encoding
• Data Matrix Valid Character Set
• Data Matrix Valid Length

Excel Data Matrix Introduction

Excel Data Matrix Add-In - Overview

Data Matrix, also known as Data Matrix ECC200, is great 2-dimensional matrix barcode to store different data up to 2,335 alphanumeric characters.

Excel Data Matrix Barcode Add-In is a professional Data Matrix barcode generator which allows you to generate & create Data Matrix barcode in your Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Excel 2007 and Excel 2010 versions. You can generate/print high-quality Data Matrix barcode images that are compatible with specifications and customize color, size, rotation, font, etc.

For more details, you may refer to:

• Data Matrix Barcode Image Setting on Office Excel
• Data Matrix Barcode Size Setting on Office Excel

Data Matrix Related Products

Besides Data Matrix Barcode Add-In for MS Excel, Onbarcode.com provides other barcode component on Data Matrix to make your business more professional, such Data Matrix in ASP.NET, Data Matrix in Crystal Report, Data Matrix in WinForms, Data Matrix in C# , Data Matrix in VB.NET, Data Matrix for Ipad, and Data Matrix for Iphone, etc.

Excel Data Matrix Data Encoding

Data Matrix Valid Character Set

Data Matrix is a 2D barcode symbology that encodes all ASCII characters.

• 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Upper-case letters A-Z, lower-case alphabets a-z
• special characters

Excel Data Matrix provides the only one mode to encode Data Matrix valid value:

Mode	Data Matrix	Data Matrix	Data Matrix	Data Matrix
Valid Character Set	0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9	A-Z	a-z	0-9, A-Z, a-z
Sample Encoding	1. Choose Barcode Type to Data Matrix; 2. Write down data to encoded"11223344"; 3. Set Image Format to PNG.	1. Choose Barcode Type to Data Matrix; 2. Write down data to encoded - "DATAMATRIX"; 3. Set Image Format to PNG.	1. Choose Barcode Type to Data Matrix; 2. Write down data to encoded "exceladdin"; 3. Set Image Format to PNG.	1. Choose Barcode Type to Data Matrix; 2. Write down data to encoded "Data123"; 3. Set Image Format to PNG.
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Data Matrix Valid Barcode Length

Data Matrix is 2 matrix barcode which can encode multiple data format and length. As there's no fixed data length for a Data Matrix barcode, you can encode any amount of data as you wish.

Data Length	Variable
Sample Encoding	1. Choose Barcode Type to Data Matrix; 2. Write down data to encoded"DataMatrix4Excel"; 3. Set Image Format to PNG.
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Excel Barcode Generator Supporting Bar Code Types