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After reading this FaxAmatic fax software program tutorial you will be sending and receiving faxes with ease.

• Send a fax to a single recipient
• Send a fax to multiple recipients from a faxbook
• Send a fax to multiple recipients from a text file
• Receive a fax

Send to a single recipient

To send a fax to a single recipient, you must have the information in the correct fields. The only field required is the fax #.

Enter the fax number in the [Fax #] field. You may use ElectraSoft''s test fax lines to send to. The fax number is: 1-281-499-5939. This information may already be in place as pictured above.

If you need to dial 9 or something to get an outside line, you can put "9," in the [Fax# prefix] text box in the lower right corner of the Send Fax box. The comma is about a 2 second pause.

Next, specify the fax to send by clicking on the [Get Fax] button, circled below. If you have just converted a document into a fax, then it is already selected as the fax to send. But, for this tutorial, click on [Get Fax].

Select [C:\FAXMATIC\SAMPLE.DCX] or it may be a different drive other than [C:] for you.

You can view the fax before sending by clicking on the [View Fax] button just to the right of the [Get Fax] button.

Now you should be ready to send the fax, click the [Send Fax to Single Recipient] button, circled below.

This will bring up the Events Monitor. It will look like this:


You have now sent your first fax. For more information on different features of this software, please refer to the manual or help file.

Send to multiple recipients from a faxbook

To send a fax to multiple recipients from a faxbook, you must have the faxbook selected here (pictured below). From here, you can also create your own faxbook and add entries to it. Normally, you would click the [Select Faxbook] button and then load your own faxbook. For this tutorial though, you can use the sample faxbook to send ElectraSoft' faxes.

The [SAMPLE.FBK] should already be selected. If you need to view or change the fax numbers in the faxbook in any way, you can do so once you click on [View Fax Faxbook], then highlight the entry, then click on [Edit, Edit Entry] from the menu bar on the top.

If you need to dial 9 or something to get an outside line, you can put "9," in the [Fax# prefix] text box in the lower right corner of the Send Fax box. The comma is about a 2 second pause.

Next, specify the fax to send by clicking on the [Get Fax] button, circled below. If you have just converted a document into a fax, then it is already selected as the fax to send. But, for this tutorial, click on [Get Fax].

Select [C:\FAXMATIC\SAMPLE.DCX] or it may be a different drive other than [C:] for you.

You can view the fax before sending by clicking on the [View Fax] button just to the right of the [Get Fax] button.

Now you should be ready to send the fax, click the [Send Fax to Group FaxBook] button, circled below.

This will bring up the Events Monitor. It will look like this:


You have now sent your first fax to multiple recipients. For more information on different features of this software, please refer to the manual or help file.

Send to multiple recipients from a text file

To send a fax to multiple recipients from a group list (text file), you must have the group list selected here (pictured below). From here, you can also create your own list and add entries to it. Normally, you would click the [Select Fax Number List] button and then load your own list. For this tutorial though, you can use the sample list to send ElectraSoft' faxes.

The file, [C:\FAXMATIC\FaxNums\SAMPLE.TXT] should already be selected (it may be a different drive other than [C:] for you). You can select it by clicking the [Select Fax Number List] button.

If you need to dial 9 or something to get an outside line, you can put "9," in the [Fax# prefix] text box in the lower right corner of the Send Fax box. The comma is about a 2 second pause.

Next, specify the fax to send by clicking on the [Get Fax] button, circled below. If you have just converted a document into a fax, then it is already selected as the fax to send. But, for this tutorial, click on [Get Fax].

Select [C:\FAXMATIC\SAMPLE.DCX] or it may be a different drive other than [C:] for you.

You can view the fax before sending by clicking on the [View Fax] button just to the right of the [Get Fax] button.

Now you should be ready to send the fax, click the [Send Fax to Group List] button, circled below.

This will bring up the Events Monitor. It will look like this:


You have now sent your first fax to multiple recipients. For more information on different features of this software, please refer to the manual or help file.

Receive a fax

To receive a fax, the computer must be on and FaxAmatic must be running. The modem/computer must be plugged into the phone line that the fax is coming in on. The modem must be configured to receive a fax. To make sure a modem is configured to receive a fax, select the tab [Configure, Modem X], where X is a number between 1 and 4. If you only have one modem, then you will be at [Configure, Modem 1]. See picture below.

At the bottom of this screen where it says, [Modem Usage], one of the following must be selected: [Receive Fax Only] or [Send and Receive Fax]. If you select [Receive Fax Only] you will not be able to send faxes with this modem.

Now, look more towards the middle of this box where it says, [Rings Until We Answer]. By default this will be set to 3. You can set it to whatever you want. This is how many times the phone line will ring until our software answers the phone line to receive a fax.

If this is all set correctly and the software is running, it will answer the phone line on the amount of rings you specified. You can go into the Events Monitor to see the details on the transmission in progress. Once the fax is received, the [Correspondence Received] box will come up asking you what to do with the fax.

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