Apple Fax User Manual

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Receiving a fax

Apple Fax allows you to receive faxes automatically or
manually, as well as to view, edit, and print them. You can
also convert a received fax document to text using optical
character recognition (OCR), and forward a received fax to
one or more recipients.

Setting Apple Fax to receive

You will probably most often want to receive faxes
automatically. When set to receive automatically, Apple Fax
functions like a dedicated fax machine as long as your
computer is turned on. You can receive faxes unattended
while you are away from your computer, and you can receive
them in the background while you are doing other work.
The Apple Fax window does not have to be in front, or even
open, in order to receive a fax.
In order to receive a fax automatically, you need to set
Apple Fax to answer incoming calls automatically (Fax
Answering on).
To set Apple Fax to receive faxes automatically

Click the Fax Answering button in the main window so that it
moves to the “on” position.
Apple Fax will now receive incoming faxes automatically,
even if the Apple Fax main window is not open or if you quit
the program.

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