WD2002: "Using Electronic Postage with Microsoft Word" Document Available in Download Center (304095)

SUMMARY

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has developed an electronic postage technology that allows you to print domestic postage from a laser printer. Third-party software developers have created electronic postage systems in compliance with USPS standards. These programs manage the storage of postal funds, create the stamp image, create the two-dimensional barcode with the address and stamp information, and so on.

Microsoft Word 2002 supports inserting postage directly from the Envelopes and Labels dialog box and from the Mail Merge Wizard. The "Using Electronic Postage with Microsoft Word" white paper details how to create an electronic postage program to insert postage in a Microsoft Word document.

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SUMMARY
STAMP CONTROLS
SETUP
REGISTERING CONTROLS
Setting the EPostage Key
WORD 10 IMPROVEMENTS
Single Envelope or Label
  EpostageInsert
  EpostagePropertyDialog
  Programmatically adding postage
Mail Merge
  MailMergeDataSourceValidate
  EpostageInsert
  MailMergeBeforeMerge
  MailMergeBeforeRecordMerge
  MailMergeAfterRecordMerge
  MailMergeAfterMerge
  Mail Merge Objects
    MailMerge
    MailMergeDataSource object
    MailMergeDataFields object
    MailMergeDataField object
    MailMergeMappedDataFields object (new)
    MailMergeMappedDataField object (new)