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How
to Send a FAX with Windows XP
Our recent
discussion about how some businesses still want you to transmit documents
by facsimile instead of as an e-mailed attachment spawned many questions
about whether and how you can send FAX documents from XP. In fact, you
can (assuming you have a scanner and a FAX modem) and you don't need any
third party software to do it. Here's how:
- Scan the
document you want to send and save it in a graphic format.
- Navigate
to the saved document in Windows Explorer and double click it to launch
the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer or, if you have associated some other
graphics program with the file type, right click the file and select
Open with and then choose Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to open the
file.
- In the
Picture and Fax Viewer, click the Print button (printer icon) at the
bottom or press CTRL+P. This opens the Photo Printing Wizard. Click
Next.
- The file
you selected should already have a check mark beside it. If not, or
if you want to send a different file, check the one you want to send
and click Next.
- On the
Printing Options page, select Fax from the drop-down list. Click Next.
- Select
the layout you want to use. Click Next. This invokes the Send Fax wizard.
- Enter
the recipient's name and number. Click Next.
- Choose
a cover page. Click Next.
- Schedule
the time that you want to send the FAX and choose a priority. Click
Next.
- View the
Summary page. If you want to change anything, click the Back button.
Otherwise, click Finish.
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