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Installing and configuring Microsoft Fax www.gateway.com
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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.
Important
The 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 boxes.
To configure Microsoft Fax:
1
Click Start , All Programs , Accessories , Communications , Fax , then click
Fax Console . The Fax Configuration Wizard opens.
2
On the Welcome to Fax Configuration Wizard screen, click Next . The Sender
Information screen opens.
3
Type the information about yourself that you want to appear on your fax
cover page, then click
Next . The Select Device for Sending or Receiving Faxes
screen opens.
4
Click the arrow to open the Please select the fax device list, then click
the modem you are using to send and receive faxes.
5
If you want the modem to automatically answer the telephone in order
to receive faxes, click the
Enable Receive check box.
6
Click Next . The Transmitting Subscriber Identification (TSID) screen opens.
7
Type the transmitting fax identifier information. This identifier information
is required by law. You can type as many as 20 characters in the text box.
We suggest using eight characters for your identifier name, followed by
12 characters for your telephone number.
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