samples to generate linear EAN-8 images and adjust barcode size in Excel

• Excel EAN-8 Add-In Introduction
• Excel EAN-8 Add-In
• Related EAN-8 Generator
• Excel EAN-8 Add-In Size Setting
• Excel EAN-8 Bar Width Setting - Minimum X
• Excel EAN-8 Image Width Setting - Fixed W
• Excel EAN-8 Bar Width & Image Width Setting
• Excel EAN-8 Bar Height Setting

Excel EAN-8 Add-In Introduction

Excel EAN-8 Add-In

EAN-8, also known as European Article Number 8, UPC-8, GTIN-8, GS1-8, EAN/UCC-8, is the short barcode version of EAN-13 barcode.

It is a EAN-8 generator for Microsoft Excel which can generate high quality EAN-8 images in Microsoft Excel by adjusting the excel EAN-8 size, such as Bar Width, Bar Height, Image Width and Image Height.

More information about EAN-8 barcode settings in Excel Barcode Generator,please see:

• EAN-8 Barcode Image Setting for Office Excel Barcode Add-In
• EAN-8 Barcode Data Encoding for Office Excel Barcode Add-In

Related EAN-8 Generator

Excluding Excel EAN-8 Add-In, Onbarcode provides other related EAN-8 Generators to set the EAN-8 size by setting Bar Width, Bar Height, Image Width and Image Height:

VB.NET EAN-8 Generation Component - Simply output high quality EAN-8 for VB.NET projects with adjusting the Image Width.

Java EAN-8 Generation SDK - Simply generate EAN-8 images for multiple Java applications by changing the Image Height;

Android EAN-8 Generation Component - Easily encode, draw high-quality EAN-8 for Android platforms with changing the Bar Width;

BIRT EAN-8 Generation Component - Simple to generate, print high-quality EAN-8 for BIRT Reports by adjusting the Bar Height;

Word EAN-8 Generation Component - Simple to generate, print high-quality EAN-8 for Microsoft Word 2003-2010 documents by adjusting the Bar Height;

Excel EAN-8 Add-In Size Setting

Excel EAN-8 Add-In Size Setting allows easy integration to set the size of EAN-8 Bar Width, Image Width and Bar Height and Image Height. You may adjust these properties during your generating EAN-8 procedure.

Excel EAN-8 Bar Width Setting - Minimum X

Excel EAN-8 Bar Width is the width of the generated EAN-8 narrow bar when using Excel EAN-8 Add-In. You may set the below properties to set minimum bar width(X):

1. Set the barcode type: EAN-8

2. Set the data: 1234567

3. Set the Bar Width: 3

4. Customize the other properties.

The generated EAN-8 image will be like this:

If two or five digits are needed adding to EAN-8, you can set Supplement Data:

1. Set the barcode type: EAN-8

2. Set the data: 1234567

3. Set the Supplement Data: 11

4. Set the Bar Width: 3

5. Customize the other properties.

The generated EAN-8 image will be like this:

Excel EAN-8 Image Width Setting - Fixed W

Excel EAN-8 Image Width is the Width of the created EAN-8 image when using EAN-8 Excel Add-In. You may set the following properties to adjust a fixed image width(W):

1. Set the barcode type: EAN-8

2. Set the data: 7654321

3. Set the Image Width:100

4. Customize the other properties.

The generated EAN-8 image will be like this:

If two or five digits are needed adding to EAN-8, you can set Supplement Data:

1. Set the barcode type: EAN-8

2. Set the data: 7654321

3. Set the Supplement Data: 12

3. Set the Image Width: 100

4. Customize the other properties.

The generated EAN-8 image will be like this:

Excel EAN-8 Bar Width & Image Width Setting

EAN-8 Excel Add-In allows setting the bar width and image width at the same time.

1. Set the barcode type: EAN-8

2. Set the data: 0123456

3. Set the Bar Width: 3

4. Set the Image Width: 180

5. Customize the other properties.

The generated EAN-8 image will be like this:

Note that Onbarcode Excel EAN-8 Generator will automatically generate a EAN-8 image with a minimum Image Width when a fixed X is set. In this case, there are two situations:

1. If you set a image width value, which is less than the minimum image width, the generated image width will be the minimum Image Width. When it occurs, see Excel EAN-8 Bar Width Setting - Minimum X and Excel EAN-8 Image Width Setting - Fixed W.

2. If you set a image width value, which is more than the minimum image width, Excel Add-in will fill the difference with left and right margins generated automatically.

Excel EAN-8 Bar Height Setting

The height of EAN-8 barcode image is made up by the width of the following five parts:

Top Margin

Bar Height

Text Margin

Text Height

Bottom Margin

The height of barcode image is difficult to make sure, because the height of the text differs when font size and style changed. Even though, the image height should be 5 mm or 15% of the image width.

Our software can automatically make proper correction for your EAN-8 to compatible with GS1 specification.

Property Name	Property Description	Property Range
Bar Height	The height of the bars in EAN-8	Float
Text Margin	The width of the space between barcode and text	Float
Text Height	The height of text font below the bars and spaces	-
Top Margin Width	The height of the top margin	Float
Bottom Margin Width	The height of the bottom margin	Float

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