did you include the asterisks http://www.bizfonts.com/free/
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"Mel" wrote in message ...
I have a spreadsheet that I can enter in a value into one cell and it will
show the corresponding barcode value in the cell next to it, using 3 of 9
barcode font.
What I need to be able to do is have Excel automatically place a start and
stop charcter at each end of the barcode for my software to read the barcode.