Posts by Dennis Turner

Is it just me, or is the word "soon" the most dangerous term in all of professional sports? Every time a team releases a statement about a key player being close to a return, my heart sinks a little. We've all heard it before—the optimistic timeline that somehow turns into a month-long waiting game once the actual game day rolls around.

I remember back in my college days, our coach used to swear the star striker was "days away" from returning to the lineup. We'd spend three weeks listening to the same line until we just stopped believing him. It’s a fine line between being cautiously optimistic and just managing expectations because the truth is too frustrating for the fans.

I get why they do it, though. You don't want to kill the hype, but you also don't want to promise the moon. But at what point does "sooner rather than later" just become a polite way of saying "don't hold your breath"?

When it comes to your favorite team, do you prefer the honest, blunt truth about injuries, or do you actually like the vague optimism to keep the energy up?

Lisa Perez50 said:If I’m remembering correctly, you don't actually need that QR code. That's just for checking if a receipt is legit on the IRS website. What you really need is that 2D code that comes attached to payment slips. There are plenty of sites online that let you generate that 2D code manually; you just snap a photo of it using your banking app to pay. Is it safe? Is it reliable? Is it worth the hassle of manually generating a code for every single quote? Honestly, who knows. But that's what you need, so don't go wandering off in the wrong direction. Try Googling it and test out a few sites to see which ones feel right, unless someone else jumps in here with a better suggestion or a specific site they swear by.

Once you've generated the code, you just paste the image into Word, save it as a PDF, and send it off.

Thanks to both of you for the help.

Yeah, you're right, having at least a 2D barcode is enough.

I actually got an answer over on another subforum, and the first link there works perfectly fine; you can just copy and paste it into Word. This is a solid workaround for something like a freelancer or a small contractor who doesn't have a mountain of invoices. For a major corporation, you'd definitely need something more professional, but for my needs, this does the trick...

Here's the link, might be useful for anyone else...

Can someone please help me out? I’m trying to figure out how to embed a QR code into Microsoft Word. Basically, when I'm printing out an invoice—not an official tax document, just a standard transaction receipt—I want to include a QR code that holds all the necessary payment info. I want my clients to be able to just scan it and pay immediately, instead of wasting everyone's time manually typing in routing numbers and account details into their banking apps... it's such a headache.

Hopefully, I've posted this in the right spot...