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WINDOWS FAX AND
SCAN
Windows has had elements pertaining to faxing and
scanning for quite some time, but in Vista you now have
an integrated tool containing both built right into the
operating system. This is described rather fully here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/faxscan.mspx
Features Explained Windows Fax and Scan
Windows Fax and Scan is available only in the Business,
Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows Vista, not
the Home versions. This feature makes it quite simple to
send and receive faxes, and scan documents, as well as
share them with others. There are several set categories
and folders into which you can organize your faxes or
scans, and you can also customize the available options.
You can have several user accounts, each of which has its
own identity for sending and receiving faxes.
Sending and receiving faxes is very similar to sending
and receiving e-mail, and indeed the window resembles
that for Windows Mail (which is the Vista equivalent of
what was formerly called Outlook Express in earlier
versions of Windows) rather closely. To send a fax, you
can use the built-in Contacts address book, or you can
type in the fax number. Next, after typing in the Subject
and any notes you want to have on the fax cover sheet,
you attach the document to be faxed, in the same way as
you can add an attachment to an e-mail in Windows Mail.
The scanning part of this feature lets you click once to
scan documents or images from either locally connected or
network connected scanners. (Previous versions of Windows
only allowed you to make use of locally connected
scanning devices.) You can adjust settings for a document
to be scanned (things such as the proper page size and
resolution and color) and store them as a scan profile.
There is a Live Preview feature that you can use to see
exactly how it will appear on your computer. You can also
set up routing lists for scanned documents (click the
File menu and then click on Set Up Routing), where you
can specify e-mail addresses or network shares that will
receive the scanned documents. You can then right click
the icon for e-mail or faxing, which causes an e-mail or
fax template to be displayed with the scanned document
attached.