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Using e-mail
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Checking your e-mail
To check your e-mail using America Online:
1Connect to your America Online account.
2Click Read.
3Double-click the message you want to read.
For more information about managing and organizing your e-mail messages, 
see the online help in your e-mail program.
Help and 
SupportFor general information about using e-mail, click Start, 
then click Help and Support.
Type the keyword e-mail in the Search box 
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Sending and
Receiving Faxes
Microsoft Fax lets you send and receive faxes using the 
modem. Read this chapter to learn how to:
■Install and configure Fax
■Create and send a new fax
■Set up a fax cover page template
■Fax a document you scanned or created in another 
program
■Receive, view, and print a fax
Help and 
SupportFor more information about sending and 
receiving faxes, click Start, then click Help 
and Support.
Type the keyword Fax in the Search box 
, then click the 
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Installing and configuring Fax
Installing Fax
Microsoft Fax lets you send and receive faxes using your modem. When 
Windows was originally installed on your notebook, Fax was not installed. You 
need to install Fax from your blue Operating Systemdisc.
To install Fax:
1Insert the blue Operating Systemdisc in your disc drive.
2If the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box opens, click Install 
optional Windows components
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Configuring Fax
Before you send your first fax, you need to set up your user information. Your 
fax cover sheets and fax headers contain this information, some of which is 
required by law. The Fax Configuration Wizard opens the first time you try to 
send a fax.
To configure Microsoft Fax:
1Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, Fax, then click Fax 
Console
. The Fax Configuration Wizard opens.
2On the Welcome to Fax Configuration Wizard...

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4Click the arrow to open the Please select the fax device list, then click the 
modem you are using to send and receive faxes.
5If you want the modem to automatically answer the telephone in order 
to receive faxes, click the 
Enable Receive check box.
6Click Next. The Transmitting Subscriber Identification (TSID) screen opens.
7Type the transmitting fax identifier information. This identifier 
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Sending a simple fax
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10If you set up your notebook to receive faxes, select a folder you want to 
store received faxes in and a printer you want to print received faxes on, 
then click 
Next. The Configuration Summary screen opens.
11Click Finish.
Sending a simple fax
You can use the Send Fax Wizard to send a simple one-page fax to one or more 
recipients.
To send a simple fax:
1Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, Fax, then click Send 
a Fax
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5If you want to send your fax to more than one recipient, click Add and 
type the name and fax number of the next recipient.
6When you have added all your recipients, click Next. The Preparing the Cover 
Page screen opens.
7Click the arrow to open the Cover page template, then click the cover page 
template you want to use.
8Type the subject text in the Subject line area.
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Setting up your cover page template
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Setting up your cover page 
template
You can create your own cover page template that you can use in place of the 
cover page templates that Microsoft Fax provides for you. To create a cover page 
template, you use the Fax Cover Page Editor. On this template, you insert 
information fields that automatically import values you enter in both the Send 
Fax Wizard and the Fax Configuration Wizard when you send your fax.
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Faxing from programs
To fax a document directly from most programs:
1Open your document in the program it was created in.
2Click File, then click Print. The Print dialog box opens.
3Click the arrow button to open the Name list, then click the Fax printer.
4Click Print. The Send Fax Wizard opens.
5Complete the wizard by following the instructions in “Sending a simple 
fax” on page 87.
Faxing a scanned document
To fax a document that you have...