MessageSaver User Guide

Step 7: Send a Fax

To test your modem’s fax capabilities, send the completed registration file that you downloaded in “Step 6: Call the Multi-Tech BBS” to Multi-Tech or to a fax machine in your office.

PhoneTools

The following procedure uses the PhoneTools program that is included with your modem.

1.In the PhoneTools main window, click the Menus button, and then click Phone- Book.

2.In the Phone Book dialog box, click the Edit New Record button.

3.In the Record box, type Multi-Tech Systems on the Name line, and then type 612-785-9874on the Fax line.

4.Save the new record and close the Phone Book dialog box.

5.Depending on which version of the registration file you downloaded, use either Microsoft Word or NotePad to open the registration file.

6.Fill out the registration form and save the file.

7.In the menu bar, click File and then click Print.

8.In the Print dialog box, select CAPTURE FAX BVRP as the printer, and click OK. The PhoneTools Send Fax dialog box appears.

9.In the Send Fax dialog box, click the Copy from Phonebook button.

10.In the Copy from Phonebook dialog box, double-click on the Multi-Tech Sys- tems entry to copy the Multi-Tech name and fax number into the Send Fax dia- log box.

11.Under Options select Cover Page, then type a message in the Cover Page box.

12.Click Send, then click Send in the dialog box that appears. As the fax is trans- mitted, a progress report and a miniature of the transmitted fax are displayed in the PhoneTools fax window.

13.Exit PhoneTools when the progress report says the fax has been successfully sent.

Microsoft Fax

The following procedure uses the Microsoft Fax application that is included with Windows 95 and Windows 98. Microsoft Fax is installed in Windows 95 as part of the Microsoft Exchange option. You can use Microsoft Fax either as a stand-alone fax program or to fax from within another application. In the following procedure you will test your fax modem by running Microsoft Fax as a stand-alone fax program.

1.Depending on which version of the registration file you downloaded, use either Microsoft Word or NotePad to open the registration file.

2.Fill out the registration form.

3.Save the file and exit Word or NotePad.

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