View .fax attachments in Preview Pane?

[Bill Board]

I have .fax files (Fax Files) assoicated in my system to the "Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer" so the system know which application I want to use
to view a .fax file when double clicked on it. But in the Preview Pane it
tells me "This file cannot be previvewed because there is no previewer
installed for it." How can I install a .fax (Fax) previewer for it?

I'm using Outlook 2007.

Thanks,
Bill

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

The maker of this Fax application must provide a .fax previewer. Windows XP
Fax and Vista Fax & Scan save files in .tif format, not .fax.

Hal
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Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
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[Bill Board]

I don't care about any other program saving files... just vewing them. The
"Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" *WILL* view a .fax file. How do I tell
Outlook to use this application as the viewer?

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

AFAIK, you can't tell Outlook to use the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as a
previewer. The available previewers are here:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102448111033.aspx?pid=CH100777061033
Find attachment previewers

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com