Lots of information exists for Windows XP Fax. Start here for example:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/serv...tm#limitations

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Faxing confused" <Faxingconfused@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:37937D36-F30E-403E-970D-C4EB1CA1F123@microsoft.com...
>I guess my omisison of the fax program comes from my lack of knowledge of
> this subject. Which I also failed to mention. I guess my question should
> have read:
> "Can I fax through the fax console in XP? Can I merge it with an excel
> document?
> If I can't fax through XP can anyone suggest a fax program? Does anyone
> know how to accomplish this? Including do I need an independant fax
> program.
> Thanks
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> This is completely dependent on which fax software you are using, which
>> you
>> failed to mention.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "Faxing confused" <Faxing confused@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:BD959368-47B0-4688-9F88-6E9BDF72C011@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello. My customer data base is on an excel document and I usually
>> > create
>> > a
>> > word document, do a mail merge and manually fax out the sheets. I have
>> > a
>> > large volume of faxes each month and would like to be able to fax from
>> > my
>> > computer. The big thing for me is to be able to merge a fax program
>> > with
>> > the
>> > excel document so the info is just inserted. Anyone know how to
>> > accomplish
>> > this?
>> > Any help greatly appreciated.
>> > Thanks
>>
>>
>>