How to Create PDF 417 for MS Word 2019/2016

PDF-417 (also known as Portable Data File 417, PDF 417 and PDF417 Truncated) was created by Symbol Technologies Co. and currently maintained by AIM USA. It is a staked linear symbology generally used in applications like transport, identification cards and inventory management.

PDF417 format supports the following character set and compact modes

• Text Compaction mode permits all printable ASCII characters to be encoded
• Byte Compaction mode permits all 256 possible 8-bit byte values to be encoded.
• Numeric Compaction mode permits efficient encoding of numeric data strings
• Up to 811,800 different character sets or data interpretations
• Several function codewords for control purposes.

Maximum possible number of characters a PDF417 barcode (at error correction level 0).

• Text Compaction mode: 1,850 characters
• Byte Compaction mode: 1,108 characters
• Numeric Compaction mode: 2,710 characters

PDF-417 symbol size

PDF-417 Data Mode

PDF-417 Error Correction Level (ECL)

• KeepAutomationWord2007Addin.exe
• KeepAutomationWord2010Addin.exe
• End user license agreement, installation tutorial and order page

1. All Word documents should be closed before installation.
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. Now you can see a tab called "Add-Ins" in the menu bar of the Word document.

1. Go to "Add-Ins" and click "Insert Barcode" to activate a barcode setting panel.
2. Choose "PDF417" in "SYMBOLOGY" pull-down menu.
3. In the text box of "VALID DATA", type valid PDF-417 barcode data.
4. If necessary, change the default values of barcode properties in the barcode setting panel.
5. Click "Insert" and you can see a required PDF-417 barcode is generated on the document
6. Users can also adjust the parameters of the created PDF-417 barcodes and click "Update".

1. Start with a new Word document and click "Add-Ins" -> "Insert Barcode".
2. A barcode setting panel shows up on the right.
3. Switch to "Mailings" tab and click "Select Recipients".
4. Click "Use Existing List" or "Type New List" or "Select from Outlook Contacts".
5. Insert a PDF-417 barcode in the Word document.
6. Now click "Finish & Merge" button to edit, print or email the documents.

1. Activate the barcode setting panel in a new Word document first.
2. Click "Mailings" -> "Start Mail Merge" -> "Labels".
3. Choose the label size in the pull-down menu and click "Select Recipients".
4. Click "Type New List" or "Use Existing List" or "Select from Outlook Contacts".
5. Inert a PDF-417 barcode in the first cell of the document.
6. Click "Update Labels" and the rest part of the document will be full of the same barcodes.
7. Now click "Finish & Merge" button to choose other services.