XP Fax Wizard -Multiple Excel Worksheets

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Russ, I appreciate your desire to "defend" Hal, but I find your comments
unnecessary and certainly not productive. My response to Hal was not
intended to be "inconsiderate". I am looking to fix the problem not
run away from it as Hal suggested in his post ("don't use it" ). You
now ask me to "specifiy which Fax Wizard" I am referring to. My
original post was apparently clear enough that Hal understood I was
talking about WIN XP and MS OFFICE 2003. Now you ask me to "list the
steps to repro the problem". It is quite simple - IF you understand how
to fax Excel sheets via the Fax Wizard. When I select several sheets
from one Excel Workbook and send them to the Fax driver (via the Print
Screen on the File Menu), the Fax Wizard does not process it as one
job. Additional Fax Wizards are generated for each sheet. As a
result, rather than send the entire fax job via one phone call, it
requires separate phone calls to the same number. Now if ANYONE has
experienced this problem and has a _VIABLE_ solution please post it or
send to me privately. I have no interest in reading posts that suggest
I "not use it". Russ, I trust this post will not be misconstrued as
"inconsiderate" and I hope no further valuable space will be taken up
in defense of Hal or anyone else.



'Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook Wrote:
> ']Hal did everything humanly possible to be helpful. Telling him not to
> post
> if he does not have the solution is inconsiderate, especially since you
> did
> nothing to clarify your problem or permit a more accurate solution.
> Specify
> to which Fax Wizard you are referring. List the steps to repro the
> problem.
> You're the only one with the clues here. Clarify what changed between
> "have
> been" and now.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "richbgmac" richbgmac.1thf1u@pcbanter.net wrote in message
> news:richbgmac.1thf1u@pcbanter.net...-
>
> -Hal, Thanks for the response but your comments were not helpful. I
> have been using the Fax Wizard to send multiple EXCEL sheets to my
> clients for over a year. It is until just recently that the Fax
> Wizard
> has been behaving in the manner in which I described. Your
> suggestion
> that I stop using it (rather than seek a means to fix it) is not what
> my post is about. I appreciate you including the two url's in your
> post, but neither address the specific problem I have described. If
> you don't have a solution to my problem I'd rather you not respond
> further. Again the problem is the Fax Wizard is not passing all
> selected EXCEL sheets to the fax printer/driver. Thanks-
>
> 'Hal Hostetler [MVP S/U Wrote:-
> ']Office programs invoke a Fax Wizard that was originally designed
> for
> use
> with Microsoft Fax in Windows 95/98. It is a remnant with little
> relevance
> now that neither Windows XP nor Office supports Microsoft Fax. It was
> sloppy
> of Microsoft not to remove it from Office. Don't use it. All if does
> now is
> prepare a Fax Cover sheet for Microsoft Fax (which usually will not
> get
> sent) then hands off the actual fax to the native Windows XP Fax
> Service.
> Just use the native Windows XP Fax Service directly. More details he
> http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/winxpfax.htm. You can use
> the
> Send
> to Mail Recipient command if you want, then select a fax recipient
> from
> the
> Outlook Address Book.
>
> Also, Fax merges require a special format for the fax number:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289532
>
> Hal
> --
> Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
> Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-S/U -- WA7BGX
> http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
> KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
> Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
>
> "richbgmac" richbgmac.1tbv1r@pcbanter.net wrote in message
> news:richbgmac.1tbv1r@pcbanter.net...-
>
> I am using the Fax Service included with XP Home (sp2) and Office
> 2003.
> When I selected several EXCEL worksheets and sent them to the fax
> driver, I got one Fax Wizard for the entire job. Now I get one
> wizard
> for first or second worksheet and additional wizards for each of the
> subsequent worksheets. I would like to fix this glitch. Anyone know
> how to do this? I have already removed and reinstalled the fax
> service.
>
>
> --
> richbgmac--
>
>
> --
> richbgmac-


--
richbgmac

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

The only valuable space I will consume is a plea for clarity. Hal may or may
not have understood to which Fax Wizard you were referring. He had to guess,
and he took his best stab at an answer.
His answer was spot on if you are referring to the Office Fax Wizard. It is
an outdated relic which should not be used. If instead you are referring to
the Windows XP Fax Wizard, then we would need some troubleshooting
information to help us understand what changed between the time it worked as
you expected and the time that it did not. If you do not know which wizard
you are using, then the steps you are using would allow us to identify that.
That is why I asked for the steps to repro.

What you posted is clear to only one person. You. We can't help if you
expect us to read your mind. We aren't there watching you.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"richbgmac" <richbgmac.1uoxpo@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:richbgmac.1uoxpo@pcbanter.net...
>
> Russ, I appreciate your desire to "defend" Hal, but I find your comments
> unnecessary and certainly not productive. My response to Hal was not
> intended to be "inconsiderate". I am looking to fix the problem not
> run away from it as Hal suggested in his post ("don't use it" ). You
> now ask me to "specifiy which Fax Wizard" I am referring to. My
> original post was apparently clear enough that Hal understood I was
> talking about WIN XP and MS OFFICE 2003. Now you ask me to "list the
> steps to repro the problem". It is quite simple - IF you understand how
> to fax Excel sheets via the Fax Wizard. When I select several sheets
> from one Excel Workbook and send them to the Fax driver (via the Print
> Screen on the File Menu), the Fax Wizard does not process it as one
> job. Additional Fax Wizards are generated for each sheet. As a
> result, rather than send the entire fax job via one phone call, it
> requires separate phone calls to the same number. Now if ANYONE has
> experienced this problem and has a _VIABLE_ solution please post it or
> send to me privately. I have no interest in reading posts that suggest
> I "not use it". Russ, I trust this post will not be misconstrued as
> "inconsiderate" and I hope no further valuable space will be taken up
> in defense of Hal or anyone else.
>
>
>
> 'Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook Wrote:
>> ']Hal did everything humanly possible to be helpful. Telling him not to
>> post
>> if he does not have the solution is inconsiderate, especially since you
>> did
>> nothing to clarify your problem or permit a more accurate solution.
>> Specify
>> to which Fax Wizard you are referring. List the steps to repro the
>> problem.
>> You're the only one with the clues here. Clarify what changed between
>> "have
>> been" and now.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "richbgmac" richbgmac.1thf1u@pcbanter.net wrote in message
>> news:richbgmac.1thf1u@pcbanter.net...-
>>
>> -Hal, Thanks for the response but your comments were not helpful. I
>> have been using the Fax Wizard to send multiple EXCEL sheets to my
>> clients for over a year. It is until just recently that the Fax
>> Wizard
>> has been behaving in the manner in which I described. Your
>> suggestion
>> that I stop using it (rather than seek a means to fix it) is not what
>> my post is about. I appreciate you including the two url's in your
>> post, but neither address the specific problem I have described. If
>> you don't have a solution to my problem I'd rather you not respond
>> further. Again the problem is the Fax Wizard is not passing all
>> selected EXCEL sheets to the fax printer/driver. Thanks-
>>
>> 'Hal Hostetler [MVP S/U Wrote:-
>> ']Office programs invoke a Fax Wizard that was originally designed
>> for
>> use
>> with Microsoft Fax in Windows 95/98. It is a remnant with little
>> relevance
>> now that neither Windows XP nor Office supports Microsoft Fax. It was
>> sloppy
>> of Microsoft not to remove it from Office. Don't use it. All if does
>> now is
>> prepare a Fax Cover sheet for Microsoft Fax (which usually will not
>> get
>> sent) then hands off the actual fax to the native Windows XP Fax
>> Service.
>> Just use the native Windows XP Fax Service directly. More details he
>> http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/winxpfax.htm. You can use
>> the
>> Send
>> to Mail Recipient command if you want, then select a fax recipient
>> from
>> the
>> Outlook Address Book.
>>
>> Also, Fax merges require a special format for the fax number:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289532
>>
>> Hal
>> --
>> Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
>> Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-S/U -- WA7BGX
>> http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
>> KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
>> Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
>>
>> "richbgmac" richbgmac.1tbv1r@pcbanter.net wrote in message
>> news:richbgmac.1tbv1r@pcbanter.net...-
>>
>> I am using the Fax Service included with XP Home (sp2) and Office
>> 2003.
>> When I selected several EXCEL worksheets and sent them to the fax
>> driver, I got one Fax Wizard for the entire job. Now I get one
>> wizard
>> for first or second worksheet and additional wizards for each of the
>> subsequent worksheets. I would like to fix this glitch. Anyone know
>> how to do this? I have already removed and reinstalled the fax
>> service.
>>
>>
>> --
>> richbgmac--
>>
>>
>> --
>> richbgmac-
>
>
> --
> richbgmac