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44 Using Your Gateway Solo 3100 Notebook
5. Click the Properties button and make sure your active modem is
selected. The default Answer mode is Don’t Answer . If another program
uses the same COM port as your modem, keep the default setting.
Otherwise, you must change the Answer mode to be able to receive
faxes.
6. Select Manual if you will use your phone line for voice calls or other
programs. Select Answer After if you will use your modem only for
faxing. Click OK to save changes.
7. Close the Microsoft Fax Properties window, but leave Microsoft
Exchange open in order to receive faxes.
8.
You are notified when a fax arrives. After a fax is received, click the
Inbox folder in the Personal Folders window, then double-click the first
fax in the list. The fax document opens in the FaxViewer.
9.
Click
Print
to print the fax.
Manually answering with your modem
If you set the modem’s answer mode to Manual, you must manually answer
the phone when it rings. To manually answer the phone, double-click the
modem icon in the taskbar’s status area, then click the
Answer Now button in
the dialog box that appears.
Installing Your PC Modem
You may want to use a separate PC Card modem instead of the built-in
modem. PC Card modems include basic data/fax modems using regular
telephone lines, cellular modems, and network modems. Network modems
can use network-only connections or use a combination of network and
telephone connections.