Barcode automation and Word help

[coopersim]

I'm trying to work out a way of typing a number in to a Word document then as you type that in Word automatically converts this in to a barcode in another part of the document, is this possible?

I've found several solutions,but they all refer to using third party website to be able to enter text then save the barcode, I need a more seamless solution than this!

 

[coopersim]

Not really, I want to type a reference number in to a field, and this be generated as a bar code and appear in another part of the document

 

[coopersim]

I've found a way, but it means that the form has to be locked to work - so you can't enter text in to any other part of the document, which is a little, errm, inconvenient!