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OL97: How to Type a Fax Number on the To Line of a Mail Message

Article ID: 167983

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q167983

SUMMARY

When using the Microsoft Fax service with Outlook, it is possible to address new mail messages to both e-mail addresses and fax telephone numbers. You can manually type a recipient's fax number or select it from an address book if the entry already exists. If you manually type a fax telephone number, you must use the following format:

[FAX:NUMBER]

MORE INFORMATION

When addressing a mail message in Outlook, it is possible to manually type the recipients fax telephone number on the To line using the following steps:

In Outlook, click the Inbox on the Outlook bar.
On the Compose menu, click New Mail Message.
On the To line type: "[FAX:NUMBER]" (without the quotation marks and substituting NUMBER with the fax telephone number you are faxing to)
Enter the subject and the message you want to send.
Click Send to send the fax.

NOTE: For the above steps to work, you must have the Microsoft Fax service as part of your current profile.

When you use the special format listed in step 3, Outlook will automatically instruct Microsoft Fax to process the message and send it as a fax. For more information about using the Microsoft Fax service with Outlook, query in the Knowledge Base for the following article:

160746 How to Get Windows 95 Fax Service to Work with Outlook

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