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

• Code Word EAN-8 Add-In Introduction

Word EAN-8 Add-In

Related EAN-8 Generator

• Word EAN-8 Add-In Size Setting

Word EAN-8 Bar Width Setting - Minimum X

Word EAN-8 Image Width Setting - Fixed W

Word EAN-8 Bar Width & Image Width Setting

Word EAN-8 Bar Height Setting

 

Word 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 an EAN-8 generator for Microsoft Word to create high quality EAN-8 images in Microsoft Word by changing the Word EAN-8 size, such as Bar Width, Bar Height, Image Width and Image Height, Left Margin and Right Margin.

While this page mainly focuses on how to set proper size for a generated EAN-8 in MS Word, other tutorials also available at OnBarcode.com are guides for EAN-8 data encoding and image setting in Microsoft Word documents.

• Data Encoding Tutorial for EAN-8 Created in Word
• Image Setting Tutorial for EAN-8 Printed in Word

Related EAN-8 Generator

Excluding Word 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:

• For VB.NET programming, VB.NET EAN-8 Generation Component can simply output high quality EAN-8 for VB.NET projects with adjusting the Image Width.
• For Java projects, Java EAN-8 Generation SDK can simply generate EAN-8 images for multiple Java applications by changing the Image Height;
• For Android application, Android EAN-8 Generation Component can easily encode, draw high-quality EAN-8 for Android platforms with changing the Bar Width;
• For BIRT programming, BIRT EAN-8 Generation Component is simple to generate, print high-quality EAN-8 for BIRT Reports by adjusting the Bar Height;
• For Excel documents, Excel EAN-8 Generation Component is simple to generate, print high-quality EAN-8 for Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 documents by adjusting the Right and Left Margin;

 

Word 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.

Word EAN-8 Bar Width Setting - Minimum X

Word EAN-8 Bar Width is the width of the generated EAN-8 narrow bar when using Word 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: 7777777

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: 77777777

3. Set the Supplement Data: 22

4. Set the Bar Width: 3

5. Customize the other properties.

The generated EAN-8 image will be like this:

Word EAN-8 Image Width Setting - Fixed W

Word EAN-8 Image Width is the Width of the created EAN-8 image when using EAN-8 Word 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: 199

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: 66

3. Set the Image Width: 199

4. Customize the other properties.

The generated EAN-8 image will be like this:

Word EAN-8 Bar Width & Image Width Setting

EAN-8 Word 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: 9999999

3. Set the Bar Width: 2

4. Set the Image Width: 160

5. Customize the other properties.

The generated EAN-8 image will be like this:

Note that Onbarcode Word 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 Word EAN-8 Bar Width Setting - Minimum X and Word EAN-8 Image Width Setting - Fixed W.

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

Word EAN-8 Bar Height Setting

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

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

The height of barcode image varies from the changing of the height of the text when font size and style changed. However, the image height should be 5 mm or 15% of the image width. Word EAN-8 can automatically make proper correction for your EAN-8 to compatible with GS1 specification.