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Jelly Bean [log in to unmask]
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Outlook 98 has completely rogered my excellent fax facilities on my home
PC - it has eaten (i cannot find it anywhere) my MS Fax - this is my
networked fax utility at the surgery - thank God I didn't install
Outlook 98 there - it just so happens that WinFax Starter is not
networkable (or so it says) - ah but they say I can spend a significant
amount of money to get a netorkabel version.
So the deal from Microsoft is - free upgrade to Outlook 98 but we will
remove the networkable fax you have already payed for with Win 95.
Plus - Outlook 98 is a bit buggy.
Plus - it is said to use less reources and be quicker - seems no faster
to me - possibly the opposite - could this be because MS have felt that
I need moving graphics on my screen.
My advice - it's not worth it. AND definately not worth it if you use
MS Fax.
Cheers - if anyone has any info to contradict the above and therefore
help me learn to love Outlook again then please let me know :)
This may help and is from Outlook readme.txt. 98 works ok for us both at
home and networked at work using At Work Fax from Windows 95.
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4. Symantec WinFax Starter Edition and Microsoft At Work Fax
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4.1 Overview of Built-in Fax Solutions for Outlook 98
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Users who wish to send and receive faxes directly from Outlook 98 will
use either Microsoft At Work Fax or WinFax Starter Edition, depending
on which configuration of Outlook they have chosen. Users of Outlook
98 with Internet Only Support will use Symantec WinFax Starter
Edition. Users of Outlook 98 with Corporate/Workgroup Support will use
Microsoft At Work Fax. For users of Microsoft At Work Fax, Outlook 98
includes an update that resolves a number of previously reported
errors in the program. ----------------------------------------------
4.2 Installing Symantec WinFax Starter Edition
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If you are using Outlook 98 with Internet Only Support, the WinFax
Starter Edition will be installed automatically if you were previously
using Microsoft Fax. If it was not installed automatically when
Outlook 98 was installed, you can install WinFax Starter Edition using
the Add/Remove Programs utility.
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4.3 Sending Faxes with Symantec WinFax Starter Edition
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To send a fax with Symantec WinFax Starter Edition, select
File | New | Fax Message or Actions | New Fax Message. Enter the
phone number you wish to fax to (see section 4.8), or address the
message to a Contact with a fax number. Enter the text of the fax
and attach any documents to be included in the fax. Press Send when
done. The fax will be sent immediately.
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4.4 Receiving Faxes with Symantec WinFax Starter Edition
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With Symantec WinFax Starter Edition, incoming faxes are immediately
posted to the inbox.
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4.5 Faxing from Applications using Symantec WinFax Starter Edition
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Symantec WinFax Starter Edition users can fax from applications such
as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel by printing to the "Symantec
WinFax Starter Edition"
printer.----------------------------------------------
4.6 Storing Fax Numbers in the Contacts Folder
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Fax numbers in the contacts folder should be entered in canonical
format [for example:+1 (303) 555-1212] so that the Outlook phone
dialer works properly.
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4.7 Cannot Send to Mixed Recipients with WinFax Starter Edition
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With Symantec WinFax Starter Edition a Fax message cannot be sent to
both Fax recipients and normal email recipients at the same time.
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4.8 Sending a Fax to a New Recipient with WinFax Starter Edition
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With Symantec WinFax Starter Edition, if you want to send a fax to
someone who is not in your Outlook contacts folder, a one-off fax
number can be entered as follows in the "TO:" field of a new fax
message: [log in to unmask] The character "9" is used to access an
outside line and "w" causes the dialer to wait for a dial tone.
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4.9 Upgrading to WinFax Pro from Symantec WinFax Starter Edition
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If you plan to upgrade from WinFax Starter Edition to WinFax Pro,
please refer to the readme.txt in the valuepack\winfax directory for
upgrade information and a utility.
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4.10 Install At Work Fax before At Work Fax Update
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Outlook 98 Add Components page includes the At Work Fax Update.
This component fixes problems with existing At Work Fax. Users
currently running At Work Fax will have this component installed
automatically.
If you do not have At Work Fax installed, and are using Corporate
Support in Outlook 98, and wish to have fax capability, you must
first install At Work Fax via the Windows 95 Add/Remove Programs
Control Panel, and after that install the At Work Fax Update.
To install the Windows 95 At Work Fax Component:
1. Open the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel
2. Click on the "Windows Setup" tab.
3. Check the checkbox labeled "Microsoft Fax" 4. Click OK
Afterwards install the Fax Update from the Add Components
page. Note that the Fax Update will already be listed as
"Installed". Despite this choose to install it again.
David McEwing
Plymouth
David McEwing
Family Physician
Plymouth
UK
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