Microsoft Office suite is the most professional and advanced toolkit for every business function. Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, it performs various functions such as calendering, task managing, journal blogging, web browsing. But, did you knew that you can also use outlook to send and receive faxes on your behalf?
Okay, so we are going to suggest you some best rated online fax services and then explain how to configure your outlook accordingly.
- CocoFax
- Fax.Plus
- MyFax
- FaxZero
- eFax
You can use any of these online fax services to send and receive faxes from outlook.
How to send fax from outlook?
Step1: Register with your online fax service partner. You will be provided with a free fax number after you provide some necessary details. Provide your Outlook email which you wish to send and receive faxes.
Step2: Now open up Outlook app on your smartphone or PC or into website whichever is possible and easy.
Step3: Here starts the actual composing of a fax.
To: Enter the fax number of the recipient you want to send this fax. The address should be- recipient's_fax_number@service_provider's_domain_name.
Subject: This appears on top of a fax. (optional)
Email body: It is the first page of the fax and it's optional.
Fax files: Fax supports various types of file formats - Doc, Docx, Xls, Xlsx, Png, Jpg, Pdf. All you have to do it to attach supported document and send.
Step4: Click on send and that's it, you have successfully sent your fax from outlook.
How to receive fax ?
Now, you can provide your free fax number given by your service provider. Upon receiving any fax, you'll get notification from your service provider.