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Microsoft Personal Fax for Windows
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October 1996
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(c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1996
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Contents
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What Is Personal Fax for Windows?
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Sending Faxes
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Receiving Faxes
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Setting Up Your Modem and Configuring Your Workstation Fax
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Where Do I Go From Here?
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Getting Help
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What Is Personal Fax for Windows?
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Personal Fax for Windows is a program you use to send and
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receive faxes from a computer running Windows NT Workstation.
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Personal Fax for Windows converts all outgoing and incoming
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faxes to .TIF-formatted files, which you can print or view
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and store online.
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Think of your fax modem or other fax device as a printer.
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You send faxes in the same way you print ordinary documents.
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Note: Personal Fax for Windows supports one fax device at
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a time. Other networked users cannot send or receive faxes
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through your computer.
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Sending Faxes
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You can send a fax in any of three ways:
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x You can fax an open document directly from its
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application simply by selecting your fax printer as
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your target printer. On the File menu of the application,
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click Print (or Send), and the Fax Send Utility opens
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to guide you through each step. It’s easy.
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x You can use the Fax Send Utility (Start/Programs/Fax) to
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create your fax on-the-fly. Use this method only when you do
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not need to include file attachments.
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x You can send a fax from Exchange using special fax
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addresses you define in your personal address book. When you
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select a recipient whose address is a fax address, the e-mail
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that you type becomes your fax. Using Exchange, you can
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simultaneously send a message to both fax and e-mail
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recipients. You can also include file attachments within the
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messages. A copy of each fax you send is stored in the Sent
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folder, just as e-mail messages are.
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Regardless of the method you use to send your fax, you’ll
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automatically be notified by e-mail whether or not your fax
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transmission was successful.
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You can also archive copies of all outgoing faxes in a designated
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folder on your hard disk.
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Personal Fax for Windows provides several standard cover pages and
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a handy cover-page editor you can use to create or modify your own.
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Receiving Faxes
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To view a received fax online, use the Fax Document Viewer
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(Start/Programs/Fax). You can combine any of the following methods
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for dealing with the faxes you receive.
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x You can automatically route all incoming faxes to a folder on
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your computer or on another networked computer.
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x You can automatically print each fax upon arrival.
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x You can automatically receive faxes as mail messages in your
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Exchange Inbox.
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Setting Up Your Modem and Configuring Your Workstation Fax
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First, install your fax modem in your computer according to the
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manufacturer’s instructions. Please see the release notes for
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a list of supported modems.
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Personal Fax For Windows adds a Fax properties application to your
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Control Panel (Start/Settings/Control Panel).
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Next, use the Fax properties application to specify fax settings,
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such as:
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x Your name, fax number, and other personal information you
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want to include on the cover pages of outgoing faxes.
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x Paper size, image quality, and page orientation.
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x The number of times you want the modem to redial after
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an unsuccessful call attempt, and the interval between
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redials.
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x How you want to handle incoming faxes.
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x Whether to send the fax immediately or at another time,
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such as during off-peak hours when usage and long-distance
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phone rates are lower.
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x The cover page you want to use.
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x The logging-priority level for successful and unsuccessful
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fax events. You can view fax events in the Event Viewer,
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which you can find under Start/Programs/Administrator Tools.
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Where Do I Go From Here?
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Setting up Personal Fax for Windows adds the following items to
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your Start menu, under Programs in a new Fax group:
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x Cover Page Editor
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x Fax Configuration
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x Fax Document Viewer
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x Fax Send Utility
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x Help
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x Problem Reporting Form
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x Read Me First
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x Release Notes
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Setup also adds the Fax properties application to your Control
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Panel.
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>>> To start the Fax properties application
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1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then point to Fax.
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2. Click Configuration.
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Note: You can also double-click Fax in
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Control Panel.
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Getting Help
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Personal Fax for Windows provides two ways to get help: a
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complete online Help system and context-sensitive Help.
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Online Help provides step-by-step guidance for faxing tasks.
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>>> To open online Help
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1. On the desktop, double-click My Computer.
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2. On the Help menu, click Help Topics.
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3. Click the Index tab.
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4. Type:
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fax procedures
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5. Click OK.
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Context-sensitive Help explains options in the Fax Configuration
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utility interface.
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>>> To use context-sensitive Help
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1. If necessary, click Start, point to Settings, and
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click Control Panel; then double-click Fax
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Configuration.
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2. Click the ? button in the upper-right corner of the
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dialog box.
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3. Point to the item in the dialog you want described
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and click.
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Note: You can also right-click the item and then click
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What’s This?
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