"James Silverton" wrote in message
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> Hello, Miss!
> You wrote on Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:30:00 -0000:
>
> ??>> Do
> ??>> they use bar codes like in the US? The UK system may be
> ??>> very logical but, without bar codes, seems not too
> ??>> computer oriented.
>
> MLT> Not too many brits can write bar codes, so the royal mail
> MLT> doesnt use them.
>
> OCR has not encountered my handwriting :-) !! When I use
> Microsoft Word to address envelopes, one of the options is to
> add a bar code. Do British versions of MS Word or other word
> processors have this capability?
The OCR processor has a reject capability which are then manually read and
enetred.
The Postnet barcode is a US postal service only world standard :-)
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