Windows 8 Bible

Wrap-Up

Faxing and scanning are like two sides of the same coin. When you fax a document, you essentially send a photocopy of the document to a fax machine, or to a fax program on another computer. When you scan a document, you send a photocopy of the document to a file on your own computer’s hard disk. You can use Windows Fax and Scan for both operations. Here’s a quick wrap-up of the main points covered in this chapter:

• To open Windows Fax and Scan, click Search from the Charms Bar, type fax, and then click Windows Fax And Scan.
• To work with faxes, click Faxes in the left column. To work with scans, click Scans in the left column.
• To create a new fax, click the New Fax toolbar button or choose File New Fax from the menu.
• To scan a document, load the document into the scanner and click the New Scan toolbar button. Or choose File New Scan from the menu bar.
• To work with a received fax or scanned document, right-click its header in the main pane in Windows Fax and Scan.