With WinFax, you can set up your computer to function like a sophisticated fax communications center. Send and receive faxes from your computer desktop; enjoy the ease of Drag and Drop faxing; create custom cover pages and stationary; and much, much more!
Keep track of all incoming and outgoing faxes using the Call Reports feature. Generate detailed reports based on criteria you specify to monitor every aspect of your business telecommunications.
Filter out unwanted faxes using the Junk Fax Management feature.\n\nStart Program Setup, double click Receive, and click the Junk Fax tab. Follow the instructions onscreen.
Have your fax recipients see exactly what you want them to see. Use the WinFax Photo Quality printer driver to fax photos and graphics that look as good as the originals.
Cope with split, overlaid, and multiple area code dialing difficulties by creating Area Code Rules.\n\nStart Program Setup, double click Dialing and Location, and click the Location tab. Click the Area Code Rule button and follow the instructions onscreen.
For quick access to the most popular WinFax features, use the Controller.\n\nRight click the Controller icon in the Windows system tray to enable automatic reception, view a fax, start Message Manager, and more!
Use the WinFax Drag & Drop Depot desktop icon to quickly fax any document located in your Windows Explorer files.
The online help system offers instructions and information about every feature in WinFax.\n\nIn Message Manager, click the help menu and select WinFax Online Help Topics.
You can right click most areas in Message Manager to open a menu for the most popular commands.
You can drag and drop items in most WinFax windows.\n\nFor example, you can drag and drop messages to move them to another folder.
Use the WinFax Fax Sharing feature to allow multiple computers to use a single modem to send and receive faxes.\n\nSee the Fax Sharing User's Guide (FAXSHARE.PDF) on the WinFax installation CD for more information.
To customize a toolbar, right click the toolbar, and then click the appropriate option.
To get help on an item in a dialog, click the What's This (?) button in the top right corner of the dialog, then click the item you want help on.
If someone faxes a form to you, you can fill in the form in Viewer and then fax it back to the sender, without having to print the form!\n\nOpen the faxed form, enable Annotation on the View menu, then use the Annotation buttons on the toolbar to fill in the form.
You can schedule a fax to send it at a later time, perhaps to take advantage of lower long distance rates. In the Send dialog, click Advanced on the Recipient menu.
You can preview a fax before sending it to ensure it looks the way you want or to add a note to it. In the Send dialog, click Preview And Send on the File menu.
Instead of faxing a document, you can send the actual file so the recipient can edit it. For example, send an Excel or WordPerfect file.\n\nFor more information, look up "binary file transfer" in the online help index.
You can charge faxes to your telephone calling card.\n\nTo set up your calling cards, start Program Setup and double click Calling Cards.
You can add your signature to faxes and cover pages by creating a WinFax stamp from your signature. Create a stamp from your logo too!\n\nFor more information, look up "stamps" in the online help index.
You can add your company logo to a cover page to create a custom cover page.\n\nFor more information, look up "logo" in the online help index.
To pause the sending of all faxes in your Outbox, open the Outbox folder and then click Hold All on the Send menu.\n\nTo start sending the faxes again, click Release All on the Send menu.
Create shortcuts to log folders and phonebooks and place them on your Windows desktop or Start menu.\n\nTo create a shortcut, click the appropriate log folder or phonebook, then click Create Shortcut on the File menu.
You can set up your pager so that WinFax notifies you when you receive a fax. Start Program Setup and double click Pager and SMS Text Messaging to set up your pager. Then double click Notification And Forwarding to set up how you want WinFax to notify your pager.\n\nFor more information, look up "pager notification" in the online help index.
You can assign keywords and billing codes for each fax you send. This is useful, for example, if you bill faxes to clients.\n\nStart Program Setup, double click Send, click the General tab, and then enable Prompt For Keywords And Billing Code.
If you receive fax pages sideways or upside down, you can rotate them to correct this. While viewing the fax in Viewer, click the appropriate rotation command on the View menu.\n\nIf pages are only slightly askew, disable Annotation on the View menu, and then click Deskew on the View menu.
If you want to keep records of your faxes, but you do not want to save the fax pages, you can customize the automatic deletion and archiving options.\n\nStart Program Setup and double click Message Management.
You can customize the column settings in log folders, phonebooks, cover page folders, and so on. If you want to apply the settings for one folder to all other folders, right click the folder you want to copy the settings for, then click Copy Headings from the menu that appears.
You can update your installation of WinFax using the LiveUpdate program. LiveUpdate connects to either the Symantec Web site and then automatically searches for and installs updated program files.\n\nTo use LiveUpdate, start Message Manager and click LiveUpdate on the Help menu.
To minimize formatting changes in a document you want to fax, select a WinFax printer before creating the document.\n\nOr, select a WinFax printer, then review your document to make sure the fonts and layout display correctly.
WinFax works with a variety of telephone company services including Caller ID, Distinctive Ring, and Call Discrimination.\n\nFor more information, look up "telephone company services" in the online help index.
