How to create QR Code in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

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Step 1: Open Excel then access “Insert” tab in the ribbon menu.

Step 2: In that tab, click on “Get Add-ins” option.
 
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Step 3: Search for QR4Office add-in and then add it.
 
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Step 4: Now again go to Insert tab, click on “My Add-ins” and select QR4Office add-in. This will open the sidebar of this add-in on the right side of the document.

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Step 5: The add-in sidebar has multiple options which include:

  • Select the type of QR code: Email, SMS, URL, custom text, etc.
  • Color palettes to set QR code color and its background color. 
  • Error correction level: Low (7%), Quartile (25%), High (30%), and Medium (15%). 
  • Slider to change the size of QR code.
  • Preview feature to see output QR code preview, its size, and input added by you. 

You can also right-click on QR code preview and save it as image.

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Set the options and press “Insert” button. This will add the QR code in your document.

You can again change any of the options, generate as many QR codes as required, and then insert it into your document as many times as you prefer. 

Products supports the following versions of Microsoft office:

PowerPoint for iPad
Word for iPad
Excel 2013+
Excel 2016+
Excel 2016 for Mac
Excel Online
PowerPoint 2013+
PowerPoint 2016+
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac 
Word 2013+ 
Word 2016+ 
Word Online

1 comment:

  1. Anyway of creating the QRcodes automatically (VB) based upon entry into XLS as opposed to using the button the plugin ?

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