Hi! Sorry for my english.
It is possible to send a big number of fax with Word mailmerge? And if yes,
how can I do this? The Option "Fax" in the Mailmerge is unactive.
I have Microsoft Win XP Pro SP1, Microsoft Fax, Word 2002 and Outlook 2002.
Thank you.
Stefano

See

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0001.htm

Peter Jamieson

"r4gtl" wrote in message
...
Hi! Sorry for my english.
It is possible to send a big number of fax with Word mailmerge? And if
yes,
how can I do this? The Option "Fax" in the Mailmerge is unactive.
I have Microsoft Win XP Pro SP1, Microsoft Fax, Word 2002 and Outlook
2002.
Thank you.
Stefano

Sorry but I don't understand. I have enabled the merge to fax. How can I send
the faxes with my own fax/modem? The macro is only to send the faxes by fax
services? Can I merge to fax without VBA?
Thanks


"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

See

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0001.htm

Peter Jamieson

"r4gtl" wrote in message
...
Hi! Sorry for my english.
It is possible to send a big number of fax with Word mailmerge? And if
yes,
how can I do this? The Option "Fax" in the Mailmerge is unactive.
I have Microsoft Win XP Pro SP1, Microsoft Fax, Word 2002 and Outlook
2002.
Thank you.
Stefano

Can I merge to fax without VBA?

See below, but I suspect that if you have Windows 2000 or XP and Word 2000
or later, then using the macro is likely to be easier and more reliable
(once you have got it working) than any other approach.

The macro is only to send the faxes by fax
services?

Every fax that you send via a local faxmodem on Windows 2000 and later goes
via Windows' fax subsystem, one way or another, as far as I know. The macro
just uses the standard software interface to the fax subsystem. It doesn't
use anything that is not on a standard Windows XP system or a Windows 2000
system with the standard fax software installed.

I have enabled the merge to fax.

All that does is to set Word up so that it sends faxes via Outlook messages.
To make that work at all
a. the necessary Outlook fax service software has to be set up
b. your data source must contain a field that has the fax number in the
format that Outlook expects

Even then, you may find that Outlook does not format the fax in the way that
you expect.

Sorry but I don't understand.

I'm not surprised because as far as I know, Microsoft has provided at least
4 different ways of faxing from Windows/Office since Windows 95, and none of
the recent versions provides a reliable, easy-to-use method to merge to fax.

Can I merge to fax without VBA?

You can certainly try. See, e.g.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294695/

Peter Jamieson

"r4gtl" wrote in message
...
Sorry but I don't understand. I have enabled the merge to fax. How can I
send
the faxes with my own fax/modem? The macro is only to send the faxes by
fax
services?
Can I merge to fax without VBA?
Thanks


"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

See

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0001.htm

Peter Jamieson

"r4gtl" wrote in message
...
Hi! Sorry for my english.
It is possible to send a big number of fax with Word mailmerge? And if
yes,
how can I do this? The Option "Fax" in the Mailmerge is unactive.
I have Microsoft Win XP Pro SP1, Microsoft Fax, Word 2002 and Outlook
2002.
Thank you.
Stefano

Ok! I'd try to setup the macro that you give me and now I can send faxes.
It.s all right, now. Thank you. I have more then 200 faxes to send and it is
better send them in this way.
Many Thanks
Stefano


"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

Can I merge to fax without VBA?

See below, but I suspect that if you have Windows 2000 or XP and Word 2000
or later, then using the macro is likely to be easier and more reliable
(once you have got it working) than any other approach.

The macro is only to send the faxes by fax
services?

Every fax that you send via a local faxmodem on Windows 2000 and later goes
via Windows' fax subsystem, one way or another, as far as I know. The macro
just uses the standard software interface to the fax subsystem. It doesn't
use anything that is not on a standard Windows XP system or a Windows 2000
system with the standard fax software installed.

I have enabled the merge to fax.

All that does is to set Word up so that it sends faxes via Outlook messages.
To make that work at all
a. the necessary Outlook fax service software has to be set up
b. your data source must contain a field that has the fax number in the
format that Outlook expects

Even then, you may find that Outlook does not format the fax in the way that
you expect.

Sorry but I don't understand.

I'm not surprised because as far as I know, Microsoft has provided at least
4 different ways of faxing from Windows/Office since Windows 95, and none of
the recent versions provides a reliable, easy-to-use method to merge to fax.

Can I merge to fax without VBA?

You can certainly try. See, e.g.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294695/

Peter Jamieson

"r4gtl" wrote in message
...
Sorry but I don't understand. I have enabled the merge to fax. How can I
send
the faxes with my own fax/modem? The macro is only to send the faxes by
fax
services?
Can I merge to fax without VBA?
Thanks


"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

See

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0001.htm

Peter Jamieson

"r4gtl" wrote in message
...
Hi! Sorry for my english.
It is possible to send a big number of fax with Word mailmerge? And if
yes,
how can I do this? The Option "Fax" in the Mailmerge is unactive.
I have Microsoft Win XP Pro SP1, Microsoft Fax, Word 2002 and Outlook
2002.
Thank you.
Stefano

Thanks for the feedback. At some point I'll try to clarify the text of the
article.

Peter Jamieson

"r4gtl" wrote in message
...
Ok! I'd try to setup the macro that you give me and now I can send faxes.
It.s all right, now. Thank you. I have more then 200 faxes to send and it
is
better send them in this way.
Many Thanks
Stefano


"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

Can I merge to fax without VBA?

See below, but I suspect that if you have Windows 2000 or XP and Word
2000
or later, then using the macro is likely to be easier and more reliable
(once you have got it working) than any other approach.

The macro is only to send the faxes by fax
services?

Every fax that you send via a local faxmodem on Windows 2000 and later
goes
via Windows' fax subsystem, one way or another, as far as I know. The
macro
just uses the standard software interface to the fax subsystem. It
doesn't
use anything that is not on a standard Windows XP system or a Windows
2000
system with the standard fax software installed.

I have enabled the merge to fax.

All that does is to set Word up so that it sends faxes via Outlook
messages.
To make that work at all
a. the necessary Outlook fax service software has to be set up
b. your data source must contain a field that has the fax number in the
format that Outlook expects

Even then, you may find that Outlook does not format the fax in the way
that
you expect.

Sorry but I don't understand.

I'm not surprised because as far as I know, Microsoft has provided at
least
4 different ways of faxing from Windows/Office since Windows 95, and none
of
the recent versions provides a reliable, easy-to-use method to merge to
fax.

Can I merge to fax without VBA?

You can certainly try. See, e.g.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294695/

Peter Jamieson

"r4gtl" wrote in message
...
Sorry but I don't understand. I have enabled the merge to fax. How can
I
send
the faxes with my own fax/modem? The macro is only to send the faxes by
fax
services?
Can I merge to fax without VBA?
Thanks


"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

See

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0001.htm

Peter Jamieson

"r4gtl" wrote in message
...
Hi! Sorry for my english.
It is possible to send a big number of fax with Word mailmerge? And
if
yes,
how can I do this? The Option "Fax" in the Mailmerge is unactive.
I have Microsoft Win XP Pro SP1, Microsoft Fax, Word 2002 and
Outlook
2002.
Thank you.
Stefano