I-864 Coversheet - James' Shortcuts

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James Instructions:

"To generate the barcode and put it in the sample coversheet, type in the case number under "Data to encode." Under "Barcode symbology," select CODE 39. Select "No" for the "Add check digit," "Add check digit to text," and "Show text below barcode" options. Change the "X dimension" (bar width) to 0.07 and the "Barcode bar height" to 0.7. Click on "Create Barcode."

In the resulting window, right click on the barcode and click on Copy. Then go to the MS Word copy of the I-864 coversheet, select the old barcode that's already there and hit the Delete key. Then click on Paste under the Edit menu (or hit Ctrl + V on the keyboard). You then need to further adjust the size of the barcode by right-clicking on it and clicking on "Format Picture." Then click on the "Size" tab. De-select "Lock aspect ratio" and change the height to 0.4" and the width to 3.45". Click on "OK."

The resultant barcode ends up being very long and very narrow. If measured, it is more like 1/4" (.25") high.

But it is very close to being 3 1/2" (3.5") long. Is this what I'm looking for or did I do something wrong?

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I cropped the image before pasting it into the word document to get rid of most of the white space around it, then I pasted & resized it. (I had to crop it anyway to get rid of the text underneath it).