Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft® Windows Vista™

9. Sending and Receiving Faxes

In This Chapter

• Setting Up Windows Fax and Scan

• Sending a Fax

• Receiving and Handling Faxes

In addition to communicating via email, you can also use Windows Vista to send and receive faxes. Windows Vista includes a preinstalled program, called Windows Fax and Scan. It organizes your incoming faxes and enables you to create and send new faxes from documents you create using programs, such as Microsoft Word, accounting software, and so on, or by scanning documents using your scanner if you have one.

To fax from Windows Vista, your computer needs a fax modem. (Most dial-up modems also function as a fax modem.) If you have a broadband connection (such as a cable or a DSL modem), you cannot use the broadband modem ...