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Configuring Fax in Windows XP
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...

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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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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.
Configuring Fax in Windows 2000
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. 
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11If you want to receive faxes, click Enable receive.
-OR-
If you do not want to receive faxes, go to Step 14.
12Type the receiving fax identifier information. This identifier information 
is required by law and can be the same identifier that you typed in Step 10.
13Click the Received Faxes tab and select a folder you want to store received 
faxes in.
14Click OK.
15Click the X in the top-right corner to close the Fax Service Management 
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3Type the name and fax number of the recipient of your fax.
4If you need to use the area code for your recipient, click Use dialing rules 
to type the full ten-digit fax number.
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.
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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 (Windows XP) or Fax Properties 
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6Type the new cover page template name.
7Click Save.
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 or OK. The Send Fax Wizard opens.
5Complete the wizard by following the instructions in “Sending a simple 
fax” on page 84.
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Receiving and viewing a fax
To receive and view a fax in Windows XP:
1Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, Fax, then click Fax 
Console
. The Fax Console opens. When the Fax Console is open, it detects 
incoming faxes and stores them in the Inbox.
2To  v i e w  a  f a x ,  c l i c k  Inbox, then double-click the fax you want to view. The 
fax viewer opens, where you can view and print the fax.
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To cancel a fax that has not been sent in Windows 2000:
1If Fax is not open, click Start, Programs, Accessories, Communications, Fax, 
then click 
Fax Queue. The Fax Queue opens.
2Right-click the fax you want to cancel.
3Click Cancel.
Automatically retry sending a fax 
in Windows XP
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 in Windows XP:
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5Specify the number of retries and the amount of time between retries.
6Click OK.
Automatically cancelling a fax in 
Windows XP
If your notebook 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 in Windows XP:
1Click Start, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens.
2If your Control Panel is in Category View, click Printers and Other Hardware....