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Chapter 7: Sending and Receiving Faxes
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Installing and configuring Fax
Installing Fax
Microsoft Fax lets you send and receive faxes using your modem. When
Windows XP was originally installed on your computer, Fax was not installed.
You need to install Fax from your blue Operating System CD.
To install Fax:
1 Place the blue Operating System CD in your CD or DVD drive.
2 If the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box opens, click Install
optional Windows components
. The Windows Components Wizard opens.
-OR-
If the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box does not open, click
Start, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens.
Click/Double-click
Add and Remove Programs. The Add or Remove Programs
dialog box opens. Click
Add/Remove Windows Components. The Windows
Components Wizard opens.
3 Click Fax Services, then click Next.
4 Click Finish to exit the Windows Components Wizard.
5 Click Exit to close the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box.
-OR-
Click
Close to close the Add or Remove Programs dialog box.
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.