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<title id="tit">Sending Faxes and Configuring $[officename] for Faxing</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark branch="index" id="bm_id3156426"><bookmark_value>faxes; sending</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>faxes;configuring $[officename]</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>sending; documents as faxes </bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>configuring;fax icon</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3156426"><variable id="fax"><link href="text/shared/guide/fax.xhp">Sending Faxes and Configuring $[officename] for Faxing</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156410">To send a fax directly from $[officename], you need a fax modem and a fax driver that allows applications to communicate with the fax modem.</paragraph>
<h3 id="hd_id3166410">Sending a Fax Through the Print Dialog</h3>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152996">Open the <emph>Print</emph> dialog by choosing <emph>File - Print</emph> and select the fax driver in the <emph>Name</emph> list box.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155135">Clicking <emph>OK</emph> opens the dialog for your fax driver, where you can select the fax recipient.</paragraph>
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<h3 id="hd_id3153825">Configuring $[officename] a Fax Icon</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153822">You can configure $[officename] so that a single click on an icon automatically sends the current document as a fax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145315">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - </emph><link href="text/shared/optionen/01040400.xhp"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME Writer - Print</emph></link>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150985">Select the fax driver from the <emph>Fax</emph> list box and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN106EB">Click the arrow icon at the end of the <emph>Standard</emph> bar. In the drop-down menu, choose <emph>Customize</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN106F6">The <emph>Toolbar</emph>s tab page of the <emph>Customize</emph> dialog appears.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN106FA">Click <emph>Add Commands</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10702">Select the "Documents" category, then select the "Send Default Fax" command.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10706">Click <emph>Add</emph> and then <emph>Close</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10712">On the <emph>Toolbars</emph> tab page, click the down arrow button to position the new icon where you want it. Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10715">Your <emph>Standard</emph> bar now has a new icon to send the current document as a fax.</paragraph>
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