Comments on: Barcodes in Adobe InDesign

By: Povilas

Povilas — Fri, 13 May 2011 20:04:27 +0000

EanDesign.jsx for InDesign to make barcodes http://t.co/ha6gdmV

By: Solid Space

Solid Space — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:44:58 +0000

I am using DataMerge in InDesign and I was hoping that I could get the same barcode as Acrobat creates (reflecting the content not a serial number)
Any suggestions?

By: treewhisperer

treewhisperer — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:42:58 +0000

Seems Marc’s script isn’t free anymore, gonna try it out anyway, thx.

By: Nate Schubert

Nate Schubert — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:38:48 +0000

This may be a bit late to post, but IDAutomation barcode fonts package are compatible with InDesign but the data should first be encoded in a program like Microsoft Excel. For more information about this process and the video tutorial, visit http://idautomation.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-create-barcodes-in-adobe.html

By: Roman

Roman — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:51:29 +0000

You can just copy paste from Corel to InDesign.
It works great.

By: Roland

Roland — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:31:12 +0000

Marc’s script seems to work great indeed, and copying to Illustrator from InDesign is easy enough. Since I (currently?) only need EAN13 codes I’ll hold off spending money until I need to make barcodes that Marc’s script can’t do.

David, that is such a cool idea! If the design permits it, that’s one of the things I’ll definitely be doing with a barcode in the future.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:47:37 +0000

We did hundreds of bookcovers with hundreds of ISBNs, all with Marc’s free script, all without a flaw.

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:56:50 +0000

Just saw Pariah's tweet pointing to this wonderful page with cool barcodes on it. Why not make a really cool (but still functional) barcode?

By: Roland

Roland — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:41:03 +0000

I think I’ll give Marc’s script a go first, but when push comes to shove, I’ll probably invest in Teacup’s plugin. Then again, I might abandon the “barcodes in InDesign” route and look for an Illustrator-based barcode generator instead, as that’s where I’ll need to use most of them.

By: Christopher McDougall

Christopher McDougall — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:37:49 +0000

I've had to create a lot of barcodes in my hey day, but I've always used free online generators to do them such as this and this. Ouput as an eps or vectored pdf file and do a little preparation and bingo. Ready to be placed in Indesign. I gotta admit that Teacup's and others' software is much more convenient, but when you're in a jam with no access to a plug-in, those sites work great.