I'm looking for a low cost (nonprofit budge) package to take a list of 1500
names/addresses in CSV or other spreadsheet, sort by zip code, add +4 using
the address and print out the mailing labels with bar codes on 30-up Avery
labels.

I have seen anything from $19.95 to $300 for this and would appreciate any
help from someone who has used a decent package.

Thanks.

Bob

"Mail Man Bob" where.com> wrote in message
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1500

using

I am probably way off base on this, but, wouldn't mail merge using Word
accomplish this for you? I know Word can do labels and can do bar codes for
the address. Not sure if that would work or not.

Ah so! What version of Word would that be? I'll check into it. Do you
know if it is accepted by the PO?

"Guv Bob" bigfootYEEEEEEEOW.com> wrote in message
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Your masquerade perplexes me. Almost any version of Word does bar codes.
Yes, the PO accepts them.

"Long Gone" nospamforadam.com> wrote:

Word 2007 no longer does bar codes. According to Microsoft, that feature was
removed at USPS request because the rules for generating the codes have changed
and supposedly only bulk mailers were supposed to be printing envelopes with the
code.

"Long Gone" nospamforadam.com> wrote:

Except Word 2007 and (presumably) later...

Only from approved bulk mailers who do online address verification.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897290

Rick Blaine bother.com> wrote:

I still use Word 2000. The barcode rules changed for encoding addresses
encoded as highrises, in theory, any street address with at least four
delivery points. These require that the secondary address (suite,
apartment, floor) be used. There's an algorythm for encoding the
secondary address. Why didn't Microsoft just build it into Word?

With my last mail merge, I added ZIP+4 codes to the mailing list with
CASS certified software and added a field for the numeric equivalent of the
bar code. I can't recall if I used 11 digits because I had to let Word
calculate the check digit or used all 12 digits. I put that field into a
Word field as input for the barcode generator and used Word to print the
barcodes on the mailpieces. It wasn't that difficult.

Rick Blaine bother.com> wrote:

Cute. Microsoft refers you to Postal Explorer. There's no online
verification requirement. Some of the vendors provide online
verification, but off line is more typical.

"Adam H. Kerman" chinet.com> wrote:

Got me. I suspect it's because the USPS really doesn't want non-bulk mailers
printing barcodes. Or maybe the electronic postage mafia (PB, stamps.com, etc.)
put pressure on USPS. There's really no reason why you should have to pay
someone a subscription fee and override to print 1st class postage and postnet
codes on a PC. Other countries don't have any issues with it.

Perhaps. But according to Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897290

Rick Blaine bother.com> wrote:

I wonder. Couldn't someone just add the barcode font? Previous versions of
Word treated it like a font, so I suppose that the current version could. The
little bit of Visual Basic code that produced barcodes in older versions
probably couldn't be hacked in easily, but I suppose it could be done as a
macro. Otherwise, if you know the numeric bar code, then just change fonts
on the envelope. Don't see why this wouldn't work.