WinFax Pro 10.0 [OLD VERSION]

WinFax Pro is full of features, including a cover page designer, an automated backup manager, a network fax-sharing module, and more. Its interface will be familiar and comfortable to anyone who uses Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. The Message Manager--where you do most of your faxing work--is divided into Outlook-style panes, with several folders that include a receive log, a send log, an outbox, and a wastebasket in the upper left, a list of faxes in the upper right, and a multipurpose pane on the bottom that lets you view details about a fax or take a quick peek at it.

Opening a fax for viewing invokes a viewer applet, which looks like Adobe Acrobat Reader. It comes complete with a pane of thumbnails down the left side for page navigation, with the main document view taking up the larger portion of the screen.

You can compose fax documents in any word processor. To fax them, use the main WinFax Pro interface, a button installed in your Microsoft Word toolbar, or a drag-and-drop desktop icon. WinFax also lets you send faxes as attachments through Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, or Exchange, which is a mysterious feature considering you can send your documents as attachments without WinFax Pro. In any regard, while the feature worked well on a Windows Me machine with Office 2000, it caused errors and crashes on Windows XP.

Other problems surfaced during testing. Faxing directly through Word XP with the toolbar button caused crashes. A "photo quality" mode offered in the send module doesn't come anywhere close to photo quality. Every time we opened Word XP, an error dialog appeared; Symantec's tech support said that it occurred because we didn't have a modem installed. That conversation took place after we'd sent several test faxes through our installed modem.

WinFax Pro 10 worked as advertised on our Windows Me system, and it's full of outstanding features. However, if you've upgraded to Windows XP or if you're running Office XP, hold off until Symantec patches this program into submission. --Joel Durham Jr.

Amazon.com Product Description
WinFax PRO 10.0 is software for sending, receiving, and managing faxes that is easy to set up, learn, and use. WinFax PRO integrates with key business applications, increasing productivity and making it easier to manage client and customer communications. This latest version of WinFax PRO offers a host of features, including support for Microsoft Windows XP.

Drag-and-drop faxing makes it easier than ever to create faxes, and a new button adds your signature to outgoing faxes with a single click. Now you can send and forward faxes as e-mail attachments. Fax files are sent in a self-viewing format, so recipients don't need WinFax PRO or any other special software to view them. When image clarity is vital, WinFax PRO gives the option of sending photo-quality faxes. WinFax PRO 10.0 can be configured to act as either client or host. Client machines can then be used to send and receive faxes using the resources of the WinFax PRO 10.0 host machine. This workgroup fax solution allows users to define themselves as participants in the network fax environment, virtually eliminating the need for administrative tasks that are common in other fax solutions.

A message manager feature provides a centralized location for all fax events providing quick and easy access to all fax events, phone books, cover pages, and attachments. For simplified project management, store incoming and outgoing faxes in your choice of designated folders. In addition to ACT! and Microsoft Outlook, WinFax PRO now integrates with contact managers, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Goldmine. It can access address books from these applications, streamlining the process of sending faxes.