Send Fax with Windows XP

Windows XP has a great feature that allows users to send, receive, and monitor their faxes. Having said that, if you are running Windows XP, you can send and receive faxes right on your computer, without a need of a fax machine. All you need is a modem. You might need a scanner though, if you only a hard copy of your document, to scan your document.

1. Open the document, Web page, or e-mail message you want to fax. If you want to fax image(s), you can create a Word document and insert your images there.
2. On the "File menu", click "Print". i.e. the following sample image using Microsoft Word.

3. Select "Fax" from the "Printer" list. Then, click "OK".

4. On the "Welcome to the Send Fax Wizard" page, click "Next".

5 On the "Recipient Information" page, type the recipient name in the "To" box.

 Type the recipient fax number in the "Fax number" box. click "Next".

6. On the "Preparing the Cover Page" page, select the "Select a cover page template with the following information" check box.

Select the template you want to use under "Cover page template" list.

Enter the subject in the "Subject" line

Optionally, enter notes in the "Note" box.

Then, click "Next".

7. On the "Schedule" page, click "Next".

8. On the "Completing the Send Fax Wizard" page, click "Finish".

9. Your computer will display the "Fax Monitor" dialog and start sending fax