Symantec fax software

New versions of WinFax Pro are few and far between, so it's not surprising that a lot of people are still using version 9 simply because they've forgotten to check periodically for an update. In any event, version 10 has been available for quite a while and we decided to upgrade our own office to see just how much work Symantec has done on this thing over the past few years. We also wanted to see if desktop faxing still has a place alongside sophisticated e-mail information exchange.

Symantec has provided some much needed updating of WinFax Pro in five key areas: user interface, integration with Outlook, desktop integration, activity reporting, and junk fax handling. Detection of and compatibility with a wider variety of address books is also helpful and still includes Act!

I was generally pleased with the range of address books that WinFax handled but surprised at some serious omissions including Maximizer of all things, one of the most popular information managers available.

The initial foray into this review took quite a bit of time—two full days in fact. The reason was that we could not wheedle, cajole, persuade or otherwise convince v The situation was curious indeed, all the more so considering that all five PCs are bog-plain Pentium 4 machines 2. Not surprisingly, the SP1 machine handed us the quickest, smoothest installation. Two successful installations out of five attempts is not quite the result we were expecting.

After finally getting the software installed, there was no question that Symantec had my attention, so I decided to do some relative speed tests of the general program using its default configuration on a 3. I wasn't thrilled by the results—I wasn't disappointed by the results. The truth is, from a purely subjective viewpoint, the user interface and program responses including accessing and negotiating with an installed modem are essentially identical to the responsiveness in version 9; that is to say, slow-ish.

WinFax Pro 10 looks and feels like a big, lumbering bear. I used WinFax Pro 10 for approximately 5 weeks, faxing over 50 documents from both Word and Word , Excel , and several other programs. I also composed a number of faxes within WinFax itself. Store faxes outside of WinFax Pro --You can save faxes in any Windows folder, along with other documents. You can select individual faxes to save, or select multiple faxes--each will be saved as a single, multi-page file with a meaningful name.

This helps you keep project data centralized and gives you better management of project files, contracts, and communications. When a junk fax arrives, you just select "Mark as Junk.

Future faxes from that sender are automatically moved to the wastebasket. See the image to the right for a view of junk mail dialog box. Reporting module --You can generate flexible, printable reports on your faxing. There is a wizard that makes it easy to select which faxes you want a report on including date ranges and recipients , and also how the information should be sorted and displayed.

This feature is excellent for tracking fax costs for your own information or billing purposes, keep on top of your customers, and know who's received your latest price list, or bill. New Message Manager user interface --The interface has been enhanced to make managing faxes easier. The bottom pane can show: 1 details about the selected fax; 2 a preview of the fax, or 3 thumbnails of the fax pages.

This visual reference makes it easy to find faxes by simply scrolling through the event list. The updated details view displays only relevant information, in an easy-to-read format. SideBar icons let you quickly switch between fax logs, phonebooks, cover pages and the attachment library. All of these views share a consistent folder and list approach, so learning WinFax Pro is uncomplicated.

See the image to the right for a view of Message Manager interface. Live Advisor --The LiveAdvisor is a new "personal agent" that checks with Symantec and delivers messages about product upgrades, updates, and technical tips, virus and critical service alerts, and product information.

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