Show a text with a QR code
Put instructions, a serial number or a note behind a QR code. A static one shows the text with no internet at all, which is the point.
Sometimes there is nothing to open — somebody holding a phone needs to read something, and that is all. A text code carries the words themselves, so scanning shows them and nothing else happens.
Availability
- Plan: every plan.
- Where: QR Codes → Create QR Code → Text.
What it is good for
- Equipment: a serial number, a service date, the model to order a part for.
- Instructions where a manual is overkill — how to reset a machine, which bin takes what.
- A reference somebody has to copy: a code, a lot number, an address on a shelf.
It is the type to choose when a link would be worse. In a warehouse, a basement or a field, a static text code works where nothing else does, because it needs no signal at all.
Steps
- Open QR Codes and select Create QR Code.
- Choose Static or Dynamic and select Continue.
- Under Select QR Type, choose Text.
- Write the text in Message.
- Give it a Title for your own list, then select Create QR.
Keep it short
The text lives inside a static image, so the longer it is, the denser the code and the harder it is to read. A sentence or two scans instantly from a label. Three paragraphs make a code that needs good light, a steady hand and a close distance.
If you have more to say than fits comfortably, the honest answer is that you do not want a text code — you want a page, and a URL code pointing at it.
Static or dynamic
Static puts the words inside the image. The phone shows them with no internet. Nothing is counted, and correcting a typo means reprinting.
Dynamic opens a CodeQR page showing your text, with Copy Text and Download buttons — useful when the point is for somebody to paste the value somewhere. It counts scans and stays editable after printing, but it needs a connection to open.
For a label on a machine in a place with no signal, static. For a note you expect to revise, dynamic.
Verify it works
Scan it with a phone that is not yours and read what comes up. On a static code the text appears in the camera app's own preview; on a dynamic one it opens the page. Check the line breaks and the accents survived, and that a long value is not cut off.
Troubleshooting
Some camera apps show only the first line of a long text in the preview and offer no way to expand it. That is the phone, not the code. A dynamic code avoids it, because the text is on a page.