Chapter 5: FaxFinder Client Software Operation
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5. The fax recipient (a client of the FaxFinder Server) opens the email message. The incoming fax
message takes the form of a graphic file attachment. The FaxFinder Server has assigned the file an
automatic file name.
6. The FaxFinder client can open the file or save the file.
a. Opening the fax message graphic file. Incoming fax messages are PDF or TIFF files. These
graphics files are automatically associated with a PDF or TIFF viewer program that has already been
chosen. The client can open the fax email attachment directly in the viewer program.
b. Saving the fax message graphic file. In some viewer programs, the client can do a ‘Save As,’
renaming the graphic file attachment with a meaningful name for subsequent viewing or forwarding.
7. The client views the fax message in the (PDF or TIFF) viewer program.
The Multi-Tech Tiff Viewer program has a variety of features that enhance the viewing of fax messages in
graphic file form (thumbnails, zooming, spot magnification, scrolling, rotating, etc.). The program can also
manipulate and permanently alter the graphic files.
Frequently Used Commands – Toolbar Icons
The most commonly used functions are available as icons on the toolbar. In the next three diagrams, we
label and describe the functions of these icons.