(first I posted this as a question but here's the answer):

I'd like to print envelopes with a graphic AND a POSTNET barcode.

Maximizer's envelope/label tool does POSTNET but doesn't allow pictures.

Maximizer's Word Processor allows pictures but doesn't do POSTNET.

Microsoft Word can do POSTNET, pictures, and merge from Maximizer. You want to add the field and make it NOT a bookmark. When you toggle field codes, it should look like:
{ BARCODE \u " "} (you might have MERGEFORMAT and such). The key is to use the quotes and not a \b (bookmark) option.

Then, with the field codes showing, use the Max toolbar in Word to add Maximizer's "Zip" field between the codes. Actually, if you have a ZIP+4, Word calculates part of the bar code from the street # in the address, so it gets kind of complicated.

You also would have to figure out how to use an IF statement in Word or something to avoid printing and error message for "invalid" (really, non-US) postal codes. It is probably safer and easier to build your US list in Maximizer, mail it, and then delete the barcode stuff from Word before running your non-US list.

But I hope this helps somebody someday...at least it's an example of one way to get Maximizer merge and Word merge to work together.

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