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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 Configuration Wizard screen, click/tap Next. The 
Sender Information screen opens.
3Type the information about yourself that you want to appear on your fax 
cover page, then click/tap 
Next. The Select Device for Sending or Receiving 
Faxes screen opens.
ImportantThe first time you run the Fax Configuration Wizard, you 
may need to provide information in the Location 
Information and the Phone and Modem Options dialog 
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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 
information is required by law. You can type up to 20 characters in the 
text box. We suggest using eight characters for your identifier name, 
followed by 12 characters for your telephone number.
8Click/Tap Next.
9If you set up your convertible tablet PC to receive faxes, type the receiving 
fax identifier information, then click/tap 
Next. This identifier information 
is required by law and can be the same identifier that you typed in Step 7. 
The Routing Options screen opens.
ImportantSome fax machines cannot use special characters such 
as hyphens. We suggest using spaces instead of hyphens 
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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 
Send a Fax. The Send Fax Wizard opens.
2On the Welcome to Fax Configuration Wizard screen, click/tap Next. The 
Recipient Information screen opens.
3Type the name and fax number of the recipient of your fax.
4If you need to use the area code for your recipient, click/tap Use dialing 
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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.
9Type the message text in the Note area, then click/tap Next. The Schedule 
screen opens.
10Select when you want to send the fax and a priority for the fax, then 
click/tap 
Next. The Completing the Send Fax Wizard screen opens.
11Click/Tap Finish. 
						

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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.
To set up your fax cover page template:
1Click/Tap Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, Fax, then 
click/tap 
Fax Cover Page Editor. The Cover Page-Fax Cover Page Editor 
opens. If the Cover Page Editor Tips dialog box opens, click/tap 
OK.
2If you want to include fields that are imported from either the Send Fax 
Wizard or the Fax Configuration Wizard (such as To or From), add them 
to the page by using the 
Insert menu, then move them to the appropriate 
place on your template. You can also use the Insert menu to include 
information that is automatically calculated (such as number of pages or 
date and time sent).
3If you want to include text that always appears on your cover page (such 
as a letterhead or address), draw a box using the text box tool, type your 
text inside of it, then move the box to the appropriate place on your 
template.
4If you want to include a logo that appears on your cover page, copy it to 
the Windows clipboard, then paste it into the Cover Page Editor and move 
it to the appropriate place on your template.
5To save your cover page template, click/tap File, then click/tap Save As. 
The Save As dialog box opens with your personal cover pages folder already 
in the 
Save in list.
6Type the new cover page template name.
7Click/Tap Save. 
						

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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.
Faxing a scanned document
To fax a document that you have scanned:
1Scan the document using the program for your scanner.
2With the scanned file open, click/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 
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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.
Canceling a fax
You can cancel a fax that you have set up to send at a time in the future.
To cancel a fax that has not been sent:
1If Fax is not open, click/tap Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, 
Fax, then click/tap Fax Console. The Fax Console opens.
2Click/Tap Outbox, then right-click/button-tap the fax you want to cancel.
3Click/Tap Delete to cancel the fax.
4Click/Tap Ye s. 
						

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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.
-OR-
If your Control Panel is in Classic View, double-click/double-tap the 
Printers and Faxes icon. The Printers and Faxes window opens.
3Right-click/Button-tap Fax, then click/tap Properties. The Fax Properties 
dialog box opens.
4Click/Tap the Devices tab, then click/tap Properties. The Modem dialog box 
opens.
5Specify the number of retries and the amount of time between retries.
6Click/Tap OK.
ImportantFax is automatically set up to retry three times at ten 
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Automatically cancelling a fax
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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 
Faxes window opens.
-OR-
If your Control Panel is in Classic View, double-click/double-tap the 
Printers and Faxes icon. The Printers and Faxes window opens.
3Right-click/Button-tap Fax, then click/tap Properties. The Fax Properties 
dialog box opens.
4Click/Tap the Devices tab, then click/tap Properties. The Modem dialog box 
opens.
5Click/Tap the Cleanup tab.
6Click/Tap to select the Automatically delete failed faxes after check box and 
specify the number of days.
7Click/Tap OK. 
						

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