Australian PC World - More fax about fax formats

More fax about fax formats

Being a subscriber and avid reader of The Help Screen in Australian PC World, I often share an interest in other readers' questions and use the helpful advice you give.
In the February 1997 issue (Fax you very much, p162) there is an answer to a dilemma that I have often been faced with: that of faxing back a reply to a fax that I have received when you don't have a scanner and suitable OCR software.
I use Bitware software which stores the faxes that I receive in a subdirectory called Bitware\Fax, in a file format with a BFX extension. Unfortunately these files can't be read by Paintbrush as they are not in the BMP format.
Is there another way of editing these files so I can add text or graphics to them before faxing them back to the sender? Or can I convert the file format to BMP?
- Bob Lent

The version of BitFax that I examined (BitFax Professional for Windows Version 3.0) saves faxes in a proprietary BFX format, probably because this format is capable of supporting images of two or more pages. Fortunately, this needn't be a limitation because BitFax allows you convert fax images to formats that popular graphics programs can understand.
With your fax document displayed on screen, choose File--Save Asand then select BMP in the File format field. Now you can edit the resulting BMP file in Paintbrush and fax back your reply.
- Neville Clarkson

BitFax can save fax images in a number of formats, including BMP

Category: Communications
Issue: Apr 1997
Pages: 160