Plain English

Creates a numbered placeholder in a stored label template. When you recall the template later, you fill in just the variable parts by their number — like mail merge in Word.

When to use

When creating reusable label templates where some data changes each time (names, serial numbers, dates).

Syntax

^FNn

Parameters

ParameterDescription
nField number (0-9999)

Example

^XA
^FO50,50^A0N,30,30^FN1^FS
^FO50,90^A0N,20,20^FDAlways the same^FS
^FO50,120^A0N,30,30^FN2^FS
^XZ

Template with two variable fields (^FN1 and ^FN2)

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