On Wednesday 19 July 2006 8:30 am, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 21:56 -0400, Fred Moore wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 July 2006 4:37 pm, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 16:18 -0400, Fred Moore wrote: > > > > Google is not my friend here.. > > > > can anyone point me to a howto or give me any hints? > > > > how do you print postal barcodes on envelopes? .. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance.. Fred > > > > > > Have you read the 2.0 User Guide from > > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals ? I recall this discussed > > > in Chapter 3 of the Guide. > > > > I have been reading doc since way back in release .8 or something like > > that.. Unlike most posts to the list I am one who reads before a post.. > > Well the postnet stuff was added way back in April. We are now at > edition 18 so I suggest you get a new copy. > > > I don't ever recall this being discussed in Doc or on this list. > > Discuss? Why should updates be discussed? Changes and updates are at the > discretion of each author as we try to drag the guide to publication. > > Changes are announced when a new edition is uploaded. Please check > http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/ frequently. > > > I > > re-downloaded the doc and still didn't find anything. Can you point me > > to a page perhaps I am missing this.. The barcode has be be keyed off of > > the zip code and somehow automatically generated.. It also needs > > absolute placement on the page.. I have never been able to figure it > > out.. hence the question.. > > This is not a standard formatting question.. > > > > Thanks in advance.. Fred > > I do not understand this? As far as I know there are no macros or any > other automation for handling postal barcodes. The reason is that these > are used all over the world and have different requirements in each > postal area. Thus implementation of any automation is left to the user.
Mr. Singleton Just a quick note that to tell you I have been monitoring this list for some time. I find your assumption that you are the only person who can read, understand and develop very curt and irritating. As a supporter of opensource for more years than I care to remember I really don't appriciate your attitude and curtness. No matter what your knowledge level is. Do you perhaps work in the Microsoft support structure fulltime and work in opensource during your off hours? Rest assured that no matter how hard you try you will NOT suceed in turning me off on open source community development.. I do think, you should consider how many newbees you turn off and offend, people who will simply say "Its not worth it", or "screw him" and just go back to closed source. Assistance is appriciated by everyone, if you don't care to assist in a helpfull positive manor it may be better for the open source community if you just quietly go away. Perhaps your knowledge will be missed but you attitude will not. And to Russ Johnson, thanks for the informative note. You pointed me in the correct direction. I was mistakenly searching for "postal bar code" instead of postnet after you helpfull comments and correcting my search pattern I found http://jroller.com/page/santos?entry=openoffice_envelopes_with_bar_code which has references to USPO documentation on calculating the check sum, a link to a free USPO approved font, and a macro what has been released to all under the "Academic Free Licence" and most helpfull an envelope.odf file which includes the macro.. I include this info for others, hopefully this is helpfull.. And to all who develop and support opensource keep up the good work.. Fred --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
