Open a barcode and choose Edit. The studio has your tools on the left, the barcode in the middle and its measurements on the right. Every change draws as you make it; nothing is saved until you choose Save changes. The foot of the screen counts your unsaved changes.
Content
Change the Value or the Internal name. A check digit is recalculated for you. The format is fixed for each barcode; to use another format, make a new barcode.
A barcode can't be saved empty, and a value the format can't hold isn't saved. The screen says what to fix.
Templates
Finished looks for common uses: retail standard, shelf label, carton, pharmacy box, shipping label, thermal printer, book cover, and colour looks such as navy, kraft paper or a yellow label. Each tile shows your own barcode in that look. A template sets the digits' position, the colours and the sizes in one press. It never touches the value, and everything stays editable after.
Style
- Digits under the bars: below, above or hidden. The digits are what someone keys in by hand when a scan fails.
- Colours: the bars and the background. Each combination is graded for contrast, including the red channel that a laser scanner reads. A combination that would fail either check isn't drawn and can't be saved.
Size
- Print width: sets the X-dimension, which decides whether a scanner can read it. The right-hand column shows the verdict at the width you choose, and GS1's published range for retail formats.
- Bar height: tall enough that a scanner can find a clear path across the bars at an angle.
- Digits size.
Download while editing
With unsaved changes, a download is of what's on screen. Labels always prints the saved barcode, so save first to print your changes. See Managing a barcode.