Using Windows Fax Service Faxing from Outlook is as easy as sending email, but instead uses the Windows Fax service. | Team LiB Using Windows Fax Service Faxing from Outlook is as easy as sending email but instead uses the Windows Fax service. In fact that s why the Fax field in a contact displays as an email address in the Outlook Address Book. Before you can send a fax you must set up the Windows Fax service and add the fax service to your Outlook profile. The Windows Fax service must be installed and configured before you can add it as a service in Outlook. If Fax is not listed in Printers and Faxes open the Printers and Faxes folder and choose Set Up Faxing from the Windows Explorer task pane. You might need your Windows CD to complete the installation. If this is your first time using Windows Fax double-click on the Fax icon and follow the wizard to set up Windows Fax for sending and receiving. When you re finished installing and configuring the fax service you need to add it to your Outlook profile. The fax service is added to Outlook using the same method that you use to add new accounts. 1. Choose Tools E-mail Accounts and then choose Add a New E-mail Account. Select Next Additional Server Types. 2. From the Additional Server Types dialog choose Fax Mail Transport and complete the wizard. 3. Select Fax Mail Transport in the E-mail Account list and select Change. 4. The Fax Mail Transport options include cover page selection delivery receipt settings and the default message font see Figure . Figure . Select a cover page style for your faxes using the Fax Mail Transport dialog. When you re finished selecting the options close the dialog and restart Outlook to enable the service in your profile. You re now ready to send faxes from Outlook. Open a new message attach the files you want to fax choose the fax numbers from the Outlook Address book and choose Send. The attachments are rendered by the fax printer driver in TIFF format and placed in the fax console s Outbox and sent using your modem. You can mix fax numbers and email addresses on messages. The message is sent
