by Kevin Siegel 
Unless you've been deliberately avoiding them, it's a good bet you've come across images similar to the one below.
The image is known as a QR code. As you can see, QR codes are images that are made up of black and white squares. They are typically used for storing URLs or other information and can be scanned by QR Readers. In fact, if you have a smart phone, it may already have a QR Scanner. If so, scan the image above with the QR Reader and you'll be taken to the IconLogic website.
There's plenty of software you can find on the Internet that will allow you to create your own QR codes (some are free; some will cost you a few bucks). However, if you own Adobe FrameMaker 12, you have that ability to create QR Codes right now.
- Open or create a FrameMaker document and click where you want the QR code.
- Choose Special > Generate QR Code to open the QR Code Builder.
- In the File Name field, give the QR code a name (it will be saved as a PNG image) and specify a storage location.
- From the Type drop-down menu, select the type of QR Code you'd like to create (you can select from SMS, URL, Phone, Email, and Text).
- In the image below, I selected URL from the Type drop-down menu and then typed the IconLogic website URL.
- The final step is to set the size of the URL from the Size drop-down menu. (You can select a size from the Image Dimensions drop-down menu or type your own value into the Image Dimensions field.)
- Click the Insert button to insert the QR Code into the FrameMaker document.
And that's that. If you only wanted to use the QR Code in your FrameMaker document, you're done. However, if you want to use the QR Code in a different program, or include it in a newsletter like I did above, you'll find the QR Code image file in the folder you specified when you named the image (see step 3 above).
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