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Faxing

In the increasingly rare event that your PC has a built-in fax modem—and

is connected to a phone line—it can serve as a true-blue fax machine. This
feature works like a charm, saves money on paper and fax cartridges, and
may even spare you the expense of buying a physical fax machine.

You even get a dedicated program, Windows Fax and Scan, for the purpose
of managing faxes. For step-by-step instructions, find the free
downloadable PDF appendix, “Faxing from Windows 10,” on this book’s
“Missing CD” page at missingmanuals.com.

Scanning

Faxing isn’t the only technology that turns paper into digital bits. Scanning
is the other—and that, too, is a talent of Windows Fax and Scan.

First, install your scanner (and its driver) as described in Chapter 14.

Load it up with the page you want to scan. Open the Windows Fax and
Scan program. (You can find it with a quick search.)

Click New Scan. The New Scan dialog box appears. Click Preview to

trigger a quick, temporary scan so you can see how the document will look
after the scan (Figure 13-7). If it all looks good, click Scan.