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On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 15:22 +0000, Adrian Midgley wrote: > I'd like, in OpenOffice or similar, to have the word processor send > each paragraph to something which returns a 2D barcode - QR or > datamatrix or whatever - containing the text of that paragraph. > > > It is an effort to solve a simple problem - reading barcodes off > scanned documents - rather than an insuperable problem - persuading > hospitals etc to stop sending printed letters on paper in favour of > sending the file that was printed - or a merely hard problem - OCR > from printed text. > > > Software? > > Macros that send per paragraph to software outside? > > Plugins for the word processors? > > > -- > Adrian Midgley http://www.defoam.net/ > Although I have no experience other than barcodes for retail. I assumed the std EAN 13 type barcode just gives a 13 digit number. It is used in a database app to"lookup" the reference and display whatever is stored in the record for that barcode. probably not what you want but... -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq