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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/Tap Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, Fax, then 
click/tap 
Fax Console. The Fax Configuration Wizard opens.
2On the Welcome to Fax...

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4Click/Tap the arrow to open the Please select the fax device list, then 
click/tap 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/tap the 
Enable Receive check box.
6Click/Tap Next. The Transmitting Subscriber Identification (TSID) screen 
opens.
7Type the transmitting fax identifier information. This identifier 
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10If you set up your convertible tablet PC 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/tap 
Next. The Configuration Summary screen opens.
11Click/Tap 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/Tap Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, Fax, then 
click/tap 
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5If you want to send your fax to more than one recipient, click/tap Add and 
type the name and fax number of the next recipient.
6When you have added all your recipients, click/tap Next. The Preparing the 
Cover Page screen opens.
7Click/Tap the arrow to open the Cover page template, then click/tap 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
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/Tap File, then click/tap Print. The Print dialog box opens.
3Click/Tap the arrow button to open the Name list, then click/tap the Fax 
printer.
4Click/Tap Print or OK. The Send Fax Wizard opens.
5Complete the wizard by following the instructions in “Sending a simple 
fax” on page 93.
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Receiving and viewing a fax
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Receiving and viewing a fax
To receive and view a fax:
1Click/Tap Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, Fax, then 
click/tap 
Fax Console. The Fax Console opens. When the Fax Console is 
open, it detects incoming faxes and stores them in the Inbox.
2To view a fax, click/tap Inbox, then double-click/double-tap the fax you 
want to view. The fax viewer opens, where you can view and print the fax.
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Automatically retry sending a fax
You can set up Fax so it continues to try sending your fax if the receiving fax 
machine is busy.
To automatically retry sending a fax:
1Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Control Panel. The Control Panel window 
opens.
2If your Control Panel is in Category View, click/tap Printers and Other 
Hardware
. Click/Tap View installed printers or fax printers. The Printers and 
Faxes window opens.
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Automatically cancelling a fax
If your convertible tablet PC tried to send a fax and failed to connect to a fax 
machine, you can automatically cancel a failed fax.
To automatically cancel a failed fax:
1Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Control Panel. The Control Panel window 
opens.
2If your Control Panel is in Category View, click/tap Printers and Other 
Hardware
. Click/Tap View installed printers or fax printers. The Printers and 
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