Automator & batch
Spreadsheets in, hundreds of barcodes out. The Automator plug-in and InDesign Data Merge.
Automator + Data Merge turns Barcode Producer into a batch engine: feed it a spreadsheet, a text file, or a numeric range; get hundreds or thousands of barcodes back. New in version 26: merge fields for fully variable per-record content via the [[ColumnName]] syntax.
An optional annual add-on. This section covers the main Automator workflow, spreadsheet and text-file import, and the InDesign Data Merge pipeline that’s the canonical case for putting variable barcodes into a real layout.
In this section
- 01 What is Barcode Producer’s Automator Plug-In and how do you use It? Barcode Producer makes it easy to create individual barcodes. Some users need to create many barcodes, each with a different value. Barcode…
- 02 Automator / Batch Saving Barcode Producer makes it easy to create individual barcodes. Some users need to create many barcodes, each with a different value. Barcode…
- 03 How do I create a batch of barcodes? Barcode Producer is designed to generate barcode images one at a time. With the optional Automator Plug-In, Barcode Producer can generate barcodes in…
- 04 How do I import an Excel spreadsheet? Barcode Producer's Automator feature can import a tab-delimited text file and create a batch of barcodes. You can easily create a text file with…
- 05 How do I import a batch of barcodes into Adobe InDesign? InDesign offers a Data Merge feature that can be used to import not just text, but images as well. In InDesign, you select a text file as part of the…
- 06 Can I specify a different filename for the images when running Automator? No, not currently. When Barcode Producer creates a batch of barcode image files with the Automator Plug-In, the resulting files will be named for the…
- 07 Can Barcode Producer connect directly to my database? No, but you can export a tab-delimited file and import it into Barcode Producer to create a batch of barcodes. Just export your data, and import it…
- 08 How do I buy the Automator Plug-in? Barcode Producer's Automator feature is a specialized upgrade option for bulk barcode generation. For new purchasers of Barcode Producer 26 and later…