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<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To send a fax directly from <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname>, you need a fax modem and a fax driver that allows applications to communicate with the fax modem.</p>
<p class="Head3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Sending a Fax Through the Print Dialog</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="7" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Open the <span class="T1">Print</span> dialog by choosing <span class="T1"><text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>File - Print</span> and select the fax driver in the <span class="T1">Name</span> list box.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Clicking <span class="T1">OK</span> opens the dialog for your fax driver, where you can select the fax recipient.</p>
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<p class="Head3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="9" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Configuring <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> a Fax Icon</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="10" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>You can configure <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> so that a single click on an icon automatically sends the current document as a fax:</p>
<p class="P3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Select the fax driver from the <span class="T1">Fax</span> list box and click <span class="T1">OK</span>.</p>
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<p class="P3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="13" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Open the context menu on the function bar and click <span class="T1">Visible Buttons</span>.</p>
<p class="P3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="14" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>You see a list of immediately configurable buttons for this toolbar. All buttons that are currently visible have a checkmark.</p>
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<p class="P3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="15" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>In the context menu, click to mark the <span class="T1">Send Standard Fax</span> button .</p>
<p class="P3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="16" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The button is now visible on the function bar. By clicking it the fax driver entered in step 2 is activated to send the current document.</p>
