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B-Coder Pro works extremely well with Microsoft Office applications, specifically Microsoft Word, but there may be an additional step required to paste the high quality barcode that B-Coder Pro generates into your Word document. The default graphic format used by B-Coder Pro is Windows MetaFile*. In all recent versions of Windows, Microsoft has added support for a new MetaFile format called “Enhanced MetaFile”. Most Windows programs (including Word) fully support both the WMF and the EMF file formats. However, Word, Excel, and a few other applications automatically convert MetaFiles to Enhanced MetaFiles. When you paste barcodes from B-Coder Pro into these programs by selecting “Paste” from their EDIT menu, the barcode will be automatically converted to an Enhanced MetaFile and subsequently may not print correctly. For these applications, you must select “Paste Special” and in the “Paste Special” dialog box choose either “Picture” or “MetaFile” (instead of “Enhanced MetaFile”) as the format. If you paste barcodes from B-Coder Pro into Word using this technique, you will get perfect barcodes every time. If you are using Office 2010 or 2013 and are still having issues pasting barcodes, see Pasting Windows metafiles (barcodes) into Office 2010 for a fix.

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Paste Special Window * B-Coder Pro also supports many other graphic file formats. However, the standard MetaFile format is ideal for creating high quality barcode graphics.
Last modified on November 3, 2026