To use older versions of communications programs such as AOL or CompuServe while WinFax is running, you may need to disable Automatic Receive on the Controller menu before starting the other program.
For quick access to the most popular WinFax and TalkWorks features, use the Controller.\n\nRight click the Controller icon on the Windows taskbar to send a fax, enable automatic reception, start WinFax, start the Answering Machine, and more!
You can right click most areas in WinFax to open a menu for the most popular commands.
You can drag and drop items to perform procedures quickly.\n\nFor example, you can drag and drop faxes and cover pages to move them to another folder.
To minimize formatting changes in a document you want to fax, select the WinFax printer before creating the document.\n\nOr, select the WinFax printer, then review your document to make sure the fonts and layout display correctly.
To customize a toolbar, right click the toolbar.
To get help on any 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.\n\nTry this in the Send dialog when you send a fax.
If someone faxes a form to you, you can fill in the form in WinFax, 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 toolbars 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 Delivery.
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 Options. Enable Allow Me To Preview And Annotate Faxes.
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\nTo do this, use the Binary File Transfer (BFT) feature.
You can charge faxes and voice calls to your credit card or telephone calling card.\n\nTo set up your credit cards, click Dialing on the Setup menu, and then click the Credit Cards tab.
You can use a wizard to help you send a fax.\n\nOn the Help menu, enable the Use Send Fax Wizard option.
You can use either your LAN Internet connection or your modem connection to send faxes by Internet.\n\nTo set up an Internet fax account, click Internet Fax on the Setup menu.
With TalkWorks, you can use the call screening feature to listen to incoming calls through your speakers. At any time, you can answer a call.\n\nEnable this option on the Voice tab of the WinFax Receive Properties dialog.
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!
You can add your company logo to a cover page to create a custom cover page.
To pause the sending of all faxes in your Outbox, select all the faxes in the Outbox folder and then click Hold All on the right click menu.\n\nTo start sending the faxes again, right click and then click Release All.
You can fax any document directly from your Windows desktop. In Windows Explorer, right click the document you want to fax, point to Send To, and then click WinFax PRO.
You can use a wizard to create cover pages. On the Help menu, enable Use Cover Page Wizard, then create a new cover page.\n\nFor more information, see the online help.
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. Click Pager on the Setup menu. For more information, see the online help.
In TalkWorks, you can log the calls for each mailbox in your call answering system.\n\nTo track calls, open the Properties dialog for the appropriate mailbox, click the Remote Access And Traffic Logging tab, and then specify the tracking information.
You can assign keywords and billing codes for each fax you send. This is useful, for example, if you bill faxes to clients.\n\nOn the Setup menu, click Send, click the General tab, and then enable Prompt For Keywords And Billing Codes.
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, 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\nOn the Setup menu, click Program, and then click the Logs tab.
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.
In TalkWorks, you can save different settings for your call answering system as profiles. For example, you can create a standard profile with one voice mailbox and then create another with multiple mailboxes.
You can set up two modems and two phone lines with WinFax. This feature allows you to double your faxing capabilities or reserve one line for voice messages (using TalkWorks).
You can update your installation of WinFax using the LiveUpdate program. LiveUpdate connects to either the Symantec Web site or the Symantec BBS, and then automatically searches for and installs updated program files.\n\nTo use LiveUpdate, click LiveUpdate on the Help menu.
You can access your call answering system using any touch tone phone when you are away from your computer. Use the remote access feature to check for new messages, change mailbox greetings, or change passwords.
