To assemble several different documents to send in one fax transmission
with XP Fax Console:
It is best to convert the files into a .tif file. If you can open them
in Paint or some other graphic program, then they should be able to be saved
in the .TIF format. If they can't be opened and converted to .tif then this
can be accomplished by printing the file to the Fax. When the Fax Wizard
comes up, you can enter any name in the to box. DO NOT USE A COVER PAGE. I
then type my own phone number into the proper box. If things go wrong, the
worse that will happen is that it will try to send the fax to my fax number
and it will get a busy signal. If this happens, viola, the file will now be
in the Fax Console Outbox in the form of a .tif. View it in the Image and
Fax Viewer and copy it to C:\junkfax or whatever you want to call your
working fax folder. Right away, rename the file as perhaps doc1.tif. If you
don't rename it and leave it in the long name that the Fax Console assigned
to it, it might get deleted when you close the Viewer as the Fax Console
treats it as a temporary file.
If you haven't screwed up and sent the fax by mistake to your own phone
number, click to Preview the fax. Then copy it as described above while it
is displayed in the Viewer. Also, save the file and rename it as described
above. After it is renamed, cancel the fax and now find you 2nd document and
go through the same procedure again, perhaps naming the 2nd file as
doc2.tif. Once you have 3 or 4 files in your working folder, highlight the
files, then right click on them and select PRINT. Fax should be setup as
your default printer. Now add your cover page in the fax wizard and in the
Viewer and you should see your cover page followed by the 2 or 3 other files
that you had highlighted. You can now SEND the fax and it should go through
with all of the documents.
I sometimes do all of this another way if I can get the files into
Paint. First I set up my word processor with all page margins of zero. I now
have a full page to display a scanned graphic page or .pdf file. I then type
in on my word processor the info that would go on a cover sheet. Thus I make
up my own cover sheet. After putting in the fields I highlight all of the
entries and then use paragraph format to indent .75 inch. Thus the info is
formatted neatly on the page. I then insert a page break at the last of my
text. Once the document that I want to include is in Paint, I use Select All
and copy it. I then paste it into what is page 2 of my word processor
document. I then insert another page break if I will add more pages and
repeat the Paint routine. When I have everything in my word processor
document, I Print to the Fax, not using a cover page and View it in the Fax
Viewer before sending the several pages off.
