You need a fax modem in the PC (or available via the network) and assuming a
recent version of Windows, install Windows fax (which may not have been
installed by default). You can then 'print' to the fax driver. You shouldn't
need the Symantec software.

I'm not particularly familiar with this area, but...

It depends what you mean by a "fax machine".

You can fax if you have a fax device (typically a faxmodem, or perhaps an
ISDN card with fax software) and a suitable connection. In that case,
several versions of Windows + Office have everything you need to send
individual faxes from Word. If you want to mailmerge to fax, it's harder.

If you want to fax via the Internet, there are various things you can do,
e.g. use Google to look for internet fax services. Most of them require you
to e-mail your fax content to a special number or via a special print driver
that you install on your machine. To fax a Word document, that usually means
that you have to send the document via your e-mail package.

Peter Jamieson