The Importance of Outlook Fax Integration

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ctc

About 95% of my business associates don't know how to upgrade the free Adobe
Reader on their computers, but they all know how to walk over to the fax
machine.

In the field of residential construction faxing is the primary mode of
information exchange. Snail mail is the secondary, and unless you work in a
corporate environment, like Dawn, email is only used if you can get your
spouse to check it on the weekend after the kids soccer games. At the speed
of change of my subcontractors, I'd say that faxing will be around for
another generation or so.

Without fax integration in Outlook, our fax communications are not part of
our important business contact journal. Also it wastes alot of papaer and
time duplicating office tasks. Outlook fails us in this regard.

Below you will find an all-too-typical exchange.

-----Original Message-----
Enclosed you will find a copy of Payable Check Details The Archi Build
Group, Inc. made to XYZ on the above referenced job totaling $XXX in Adobe
PDF format.
Feel free to contact me if have any further questions.
Thank you.
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Thank you for the information, however, I was unable to open the document.
Can you please fax this information to XXX/YYY-ZZZZ to my attention.
Thank you again for your assistance
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
If you update your free version of Adobe Acrobat reader you will be able to
read the file.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Craig
Our corporate office controls all of our computer applications, and I can
not download software to my computer. I will, however, forward this to my
home computer and open it later today.
Thanks for your assistance
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
Did you find all of the payments that I made as shown in the report?
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Hi Craig,
I have been working with my corporate office trying to update my adobe.
However, it is not getting completed. Can you please fax me the report? I
want to make sure I have received everything as stated on the report.
Thank you for your help
Dawn

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Roady [MVP]

What is the actual suggestion? Even if the native fax support in Outlook is
dropped there are many 3rd party fax applications that integrate with
Outlook.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
About 95% of my business associates don't know how to upgrade the free Adobe
Reader on their computers, but they all know how to walk over to the fax
machine.

In the field of residential construction faxing is the primary mode of
information exchange. Snail mail is the secondary, and unless you work in a
corporate environment, like Dawn, email is only used if you can get your
spouse to check it on the weekend after the kids soccer games. At the speed
of change of my subcontractors, I'd say that faxing will be around for
another generation or so.

Without fax integration in Outlook, our fax communications are not part of
our important business contact journal. Also it wastes alot of papaer and
time duplicating office tasks. Outlook fails us in this regard.

Below you will find an all-too-typical exchange.

-----Original Message-----
Enclosed you will find a copy of Payable Check Details The Archi Build
Group, Inc. made to XYZ on the above referenced job totaling $XXX in Adobe
PDF format.
Feel free to contact me if have any further questions.
Thank you.
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Thank you for the information, however, I was unable to open the document.
Can you please fax this information to XXX/YYY-ZZZZ to my attention.
Thank you again for your assistance
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
If you update your free version of Adobe Acrobat reader you will be able to
read the file.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Craig
Our corporate office controls all of our computer applications, and I can
not download software to my computer. I will, however, forward this to my
home computer and open it later today.
Thanks for your assistance
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
Did you find all of the payments that I made as shown in the report?
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Hi Craig,
I have been working with my corporate office trying to update my adobe.
However, it is not getting completed. Can you please fax me the report? I
want to make sure I have received everything as stated on the report.
Thank you for your help
Dawn
 
C

ctc

Make sending and receiving faxes from Outlooks inbox and sent items as
seamless as e-mail. Journaling of faxes is a must.

My experience with third-party fax programs falls far short of this: winfax
[proprietary folders & fax image type], fax4outlook [frequently lost faxes
because they are not actually in outlook), MSfax (good sent items but no
inbox or journaling).

Roady said:
What is the actual suggestion? Even if the native fax support in Outlook is
dropped there are many 3rd party fax applications that integrate with
Outlook.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
About 95% of my business associates don't know how to upgrade the free Adobe
Reader on their computers, but they all know how to walk over to the fax
machine.

In the field of residential construction faxing is the primary mode of
information exchange. Snail mail is the secondary, and unless you work in a
corporate environment, like Dawn, email is only used if you can get your
spouse to check it on the weekend after the kids soccer games. At the speed
of change of my subcontractors, I'd say that faxing will be around for
another generation or so.

Without fax integration in Outlook, our fax communications are not part of
our important business contact journal. Also it wastes alot of papaer and
time duplicating office tasks. Outlook fails us in this regard.

Below you will find an all-too-typical exchange.

-----Original Message-----
Enclosed you will find a copy of Payable Check Details The Archi Build
Group, Inc. made to XYZ on the above referenced job totaling $XXX in Adobe
PDF format.
Feel free to contact me if have any further questions.
Thank you.
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Thank you for the information, however, I was unable to open the document.
Can you please fax this information to XXX/YYY-ZZZZ to my attention.
Thank you again for your assistance
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
If you update your free version of Adobe Acrobat reader you will be able to
read the file.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Craig
Our corporate office controls all of our computer applications, and I can
not download software to my computer. I will, however, forward this to my
home computer and open it later today.
Thanks for your assistance
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
Did you find all of the payments that I made as shown in the report?
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Hi Craig,
I have been working with my corporate office trying to update my adobe.
However, it is not getting completed. Can you please fax me the report? I
want to make sure I have received everything as stated on the report.
Thank you for your help
Dawn
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ctc

Please see my above response. Also I thought I read that Outlook 2003 would
be the last version to support any type of faxing!?

Russ Valentine said:
What is lacking that you need? Outlook 2003 and 2007 integrate with both
modem and Internet faxing.
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/faxinginoffice2003.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ctc said:
About 95% of my business associates don't know how to upgrade the free
Adobe
Reader on their computers, but they all know how to walk over to the fax
machine.

In the field of residential construction faxing is the primary mode of
information exchange. Snail mail is the secondary, and unless you work in
a
corporate environment, like Dawn, email is only used if you can get your
spouse to check it on the weekend after the kids soccer games. At the
speed
of change of my subcontractors, I'd say that faxing will be around for
another generation or so.

Without fax integration in Outlook, our fax communications are not part of
our important business contact journal. Also it wastes alot of papaer and
time duplicating office tasks. Outlook fails us in this regard.

Below you will find an all-too-typical exchange.

-----Original Message-----
Enclosed you will find a copy of Payable Check Details The Archi Build
Group, Inc. made to XYZ on the above referenced job totaling $XXX in Adobe
PDF format.
Feel free to contact me if have any further questions.
Thank you.
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Thank you for the information, however, I was unable to open the document.
Can you please fax this information to XXX/YYY-ZZZZ to my attention.
Thank you again for your assistance
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
If you update your free version of Adobe Acrobat reader you will be able
to
read the file.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Craig
Our corporate office controls all of our computer applications, and I can
not download software to my computer. I will, however, forward this to my
home computer and open it later today.
Thanks for your assistance
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
Did you find all of the payments that I made as shown in the report?
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Hi Craig,
I have been working with my corporate office trying to update my adobe.
However, it is not getting completed. Can you please fax me the report?
I
want to make sure I have received everything as stated on the report.
Thank you for your help
Dawn

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...1991b9f30&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

The sending of faxes is already as seamless as email. Just send to a fax
recipient and off it goes. The Activities function will keep track of all
fax messages you send to a Contact.
Outlook 2007 retained modem fax integration despite Microsoft's claim to the
contrary. Routing of received faxes to the Outlook Inbox will not be
restored.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ctc said:
Please see my above response. Also I thought I read that Outlook 2003
would
be the last version to support any type of faxing!?

Russ Valentine said:
What is lacking that you need? Outlook 2003 and 2007 integrate with both
modem and Internet faxing.
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/faxinginoffice2003.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ctc said:
About 95% of my business associates don't know how to upgrade the free
Adobe
Reader on their computers, but they all know how to walk over to the
fax
machine.

In the field of residential construction faxing is the primary mode of
information exchange. Snail mail is the secondary, and unless you work
in
a
corporate environment, like Dawn, email is only used if you can get
your
spouse to check it on the weekend after the kids soccer games. At the
speed
of change of my subcontractors, I'd say that faxing will be around for
another generation or so.

Without fax integration in Outlook, our fax communications are not part
of
our important business contact journal. Also it wastes alot of papaer
and
time duplicating office tasks. Outlook fails us in this regard.

Below you will find an all-too-typical exchange.

-----Original Message-----
Enclosed you will find a copy of Payable Check Details The Archi Build
Group, Inc. made to XYZ on the above referenced job totaling $XXX in
Adobe
PDF format.
Feel free to contact me if have any further questions.
Thank you.
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Thank you for the information, however, I was unable to open the
document.
Can you please fax this information to XXX/YYY-ZZZZ to my attention.
Thank you again for your assistance
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
If you update your free version of Adobe Acrobat reader you will be
able
to
read the file.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Craig
Our corporate office controls all of our computer applications, and I
can
not download software to my computer. I will, however, forward this to
my
home computer and open it later today.
Thanks for your assistance
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
Did you find all of the payments that I made as shown in the report?
Craig T. Cernek, AIA
-----Original Message-----
Hi Craig,
I have been working with my corporate office trying to update my adobe.
However, it is not getting completed. Can you please fax me the
report?
I
want to make sure I have received everything as stated on the report.
Thank you for your help
Dawn

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...1991b9f30&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general
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