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View .fax attachments in Preview Pane?

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Bill Board - 21 May 2008 15:42 GMT
I have .fax files (Fax Files) assoicated in my system to the "Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer" so the system know which application I want to use
to view a .fax file when double clicked on it. But in the Preview Pane it
tells me "This file cannot be previvewed because there is no previewer
installed for it."  How can I install a .fax (Fax) previewer for it?

I'm using Outlook 2007.

Thanks,
Bill
Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] - 24 May 2008 01:17 GMT
The maker of this Fax application must provide a .fax previewer.  Windows XP
Fax and Vista Fax & Scan save files in .tif format, not .fax.

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> I have .fax files (Fax Files) assoicated in my system to the "Windows
> Picture and Fax Viewer" so the system know which application I want to use
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> Thanks,
> Bill
Bill Board - 27 May 2008 18:31 GMT
I don't care about any other program saving files... just vewing them. The
"Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" *WILL* view a .fax file.  How do I tell
Outlook to use this application as the viewer?

> The maker of this Fax application must provide a .fax previewer.  Windows
> XP
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>> Thanks,
>> Bill
Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] - 28 May 2008 23:47 GMT
AFAIK, you can't tell Outlook to use the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as a
previewer.  The available previewers are here:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102448111033.aspx?pid=CH100777061033
Find attachment previewers

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Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ.   NBC   Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com

> I don't care about any other program saving files... just vewing them. The
> "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" *WILL* view a .fax file.  How do I tell
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> >> Thanks,
> >> Bill
 
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