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Redialing a Number
Dialer saves the last four telephone numbers that you dialed. 
To redial a previously dialed number:
1. Right-click the Amanda Dialer button.
The Amanda Dialer context menu displays up to four recently dialed numbers. (In 
parentheses is the number of times each of these numbers has been dialed during this 
Dialer session.)
2. Click the number to be redialed. 

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Chapter 5:
Using Amanda Fax
Introducing Amanda Fax
You can use Amanda Fax (a 16-bit application) or Amanda Fax 32 (a 32-bit application) 
from any Windows application that has a Print command. You can send documents, 
spreadsheets, pictures, or anything else that the application can print. You can:
 Fax an item to another location via Amanda voice server’s fax modem
 Create a fax message to be mailed to users on your Amanda system
 Save the item as a file that can be:
 Sent later as a fax via Amanda...

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Sending a Fax
You can send documents, etc. from Windows applications as faxes using the Amanda 
voice server’s fax modem. You can fax whatever a Windows application can print, for 
example, all or part of a document or spread sheet. 
N
OTE:When you submit a fax request, Amanda sends a special message back 
to your mailbox when the fax is either successfully sent or determined to 
be a failure. On the telephone, Amanda says one of the following:
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4. Type your mailbox in the Mailbox text box.
Your mailbox is probably the same as your extension number, but it doesn’t have to 
be. Check with your Amanda system administrator to be sure.
5. Type the fax number to receive this fax in the Phone # text box.
You may need to start with 9 for an outside line.
6. Type your security code in the Password text box.
(This is the same security code that you use to access Amanda over the telephone.)
7. (Optional) Select the Remember...

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The File Save As dialog box appears.
4. Provide a name and location for the new file.
The default extension is, of course, .TIF.
5. Click OK.
Saving a Fax as a Fax File
You can save documents, etc. from a Windows application as fax files. The saved files can 
be copied to the Amanda voice server (using Amanda Monitor) or imported by Amanda 
Messenger as fax messages.
To save the current document as a TIFF file from a Windows application:
1. Select...

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The File Save As dialog box appears.
4. Provide a name and location for the new file.
The default extension is .FAX, but you can use another extension. (The information is 
stored in The Amanda Company’s proprietary format, regardless of the extension.)
5. Click OK.
Sending a Fax Message
You can send documents, etc. from Windows applications as fax messages to other users 
of your Amanda system. This requires you to use Amanda Messenger as well as Amanda 
Fax.
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4. Type your Amanda Messenger mailbox in the Mailbox text box.
Your mailbox is probably the same as your extension number, but it doesn’t have to 
be. Check with your Amanda system administrator to be sure.
5. Click OK.
Amanda Messenger starts (if it isn’t already running) and the fax appears as a compo-
nent in a new Compose window.
6. To take a look at the fax before you send it, double-click the fax component in the 
Compose window.
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Using the 16-bit Amanda Fax
You can use Amanda Fax to send documents, etc. as faxes, save them as fax files to be 
used by the Amanda voice server, or send them as fax messages to Amanda Messenger.
Sending a Fax
You can send documents, etc. from Windows applications as faxes using the Amanda 
voice server’s fax modem. You can fax whatever a Windows application can print, for 
example, all or part of a document or spread sheet. 
To send a fax from a Windows application:
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4. (Optional—if the default server name is the correct name)
Indicate what Amanda voice server to use:
a. Click Network Settings…. 
The Network Settings dialog box appears.
b. Type the server name in the Server Name text box. 
See your system administrator for the correct name.
c. Click OK.
The Amanda Fax Logon dialog box reappears.
5. Type your mailbox in the Mailbox text box.
Your mailbox is probably the same as your extension number, but it...