Using Word Code 128 Barcode Generator Add in
How to create, print barcode Code 128 labels in Microsoft Word without font. Free Download


How to generate, display, print barcode Code 128 labels in Microsoft Word without using font. Free download.



  • Flexible linear Code 128 generating addin for Word used widely
  • Code 128 Barcode Addin to be used in Microsoft Word 2019/2016/2013/2010/2007
  • Easy to integrate Code 128 creation functionality in Microsoft Word
  • Require no barcode fonts and programming skills for Code 128 generation
  • Automatically print Code 128 barcode in accordance with ISO/IEC specifications
  • Offer flexible and royalty-free User Licenses for Code 128 Word Barcode Addin
Code 128 Barcode Introduction
Code 128 (a.k.a. ANSI/AIM 128 & ANSI/AIM Code 128) is a linear barcode symbology with excellent density and high reliability promoted in 1981. Code 128 is generally used in shipping and packaging industries. Besides, the Code 128 barcode standard is maintained by AIM.

KeepAutomation provides complehensive solutions for barcode generation in Office Excel and Word. You can easily generate QR Code in Excel, create EAN-13, encode UPC-A, generate Code 128 in Excel, generate QR Code in Word, create Code 39 in Word, generate Data Matrix in MS Word.
Code 128 Character Set Encoding in Microsoft Word

Code 128 encoding characters

Code 128 barcode supports the following characters
  • All 128 Full ASCII characters defined in ISO/IEC 646
  • Extended ASCII characters are also supported with Function Character (FNC4) used. (By default are values 128 - 255 of ISO/IEC 8859-1, Latin Alphabet 1)
  • 4 non-data function characters
  • 4 code set selection characters
  • 3 Start characters
  • 1 Stop character
Using KeepAutomation Word Barcode Generator add-in, you need provide first two characters to generate Code 128 barcodes in Microsoft Word document. The rest function chars, code set chars, start/stop chars will be encoded by barcode software automatically.

Code 128 Code Sets

To encode characters efficiently, Code 128 defines three Code Sets.
  • Code Sets A
  • Code Sets B
  • Code Sets C
Barcode Generator for Word will convert your Code 128 encoding characters into codewords with Code Sets rules applied. Then the software will generate Code 128 with converted codewords in Word file.

Code 128 maximum character size

The Code 128 specification does not specify the maximum number of characters in a single barcode image.

Code 128 barcode check digit

Code 128 barcode contains a mandatory check digit (checksum) character, which is based on module 103 (mod 103).

The Code 128 check digit will not be displayed in the human readable interpretation (barcode text), and it will not be returned by the barcode decoder also.

Using Word Code 128 generator, you do not need manually calculate Code 128 check digit. The barcode generator software will automatically calculate the encoding Code 128 check digit and insert it to the right position in the Code 128 symbology in Microsoft Office Word file.
Download Code 128 Word Barcode Plugin
Please download Code 128 Word Barcode Plugin Evaluation for free. You can find the following useful items in the unzipped evaluation package.
  • KeepAutomationWord2007Addin.exe
  • KeepAutomationWord2010Addin.exe
  • End user license agreement
  • Installation tutorial
  • Order page
A "KA Barcode" watermark may be contained in Code 128 barcode image generated with this evaluation of Code 128 Word Barcode Plugin. Therefore, this evaluation can only allowed for testing purposes.
Install Code 128 Word Barcode Addin
You will install Code 128 Word Barcode Addin successfully with this user guide.
  1. Make sure all MS Office Word documents are closed.
  2. Download "KA.Barcode for Word Trial" and unzip it.
  3. Run "KeepAutomationWord2007Addin.exe"/"KeepAutomationWord2010Addin.exe".
  4. Open a new Word document on your computer.
  5. A tab called "Add-Ins" is successfully placed in the Word menu bar.
Generate A Code 128 Barcode in Word
  1. Switch to the "Add-Ins" tab, and click the "Insert Barcode".
  2. Select "Code128Auto" in the "SYMBOLOGY" pull-down menu from barcode setting panel.
  3. Type valid data in the text box of "VALID DATA".
  4. You can choose to adjust the properties of the barcode in the barcode setting panel.
  5. Click "Insert" to produce the Code 128 image at the cursor position.
  6. Users can revise the parameters of the created Code 128 barcodes and click "Update" to finish the revision.
Add Code 128 Barcodes in Serial Letters
  1. Go to "Mailings" tab in a new Word document.
  2. Click "Select Recipients" -> "Use Existing List" or "Type New List".
  3. Draw a Code 128 barcode in the Word document.
  4. (Optional) Modify the properties of the barcode, like rotation, font, size, etc.
  5. Click "Finish & Merge" to edit, print or email the documents.
Create Code 128 Barcode Labels in Word
  1. Click "Add-Ins" -> "Insert Barcode" to activate a barcode setting panel in a Word document.
  2. Go to "Mailings" tab and click "Start Mail Merge" -> "Labels" to select the label size.
  3. Click "Select Recipients" to activate "Type New List" or "Use Existing List".
  4. Insert a Code 128 barcode in the first cell of the document now.
  5. Click "Update Labels" and the remaining part of the document will be filled with the same barcodes.
  6. Now click "Finish & Merge" button under "Mailings".
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