From aa0892d173783de253a87e11e605c5bf6df138a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Caolán McNamara Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:58:59 +0000 Subject: rewrite FAX under Unix to recommend fax4CUPS Change-Id: Id8300f9d1546b6948e96845a9e84b780f8f158f2 --- source/text/shared/guide/spadmin.xhp | 29 ++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) (limited to 'source/text') diff --git a/source/text/shared/guide/spadmin.xhp b/source/text/shared/guide/spadmin.xhp index 0ffeec8ff0..215ef01623 100644 --- a/source/text/shared/guide/spadmin.xhp +++ b/source/text/shared/guide/spadmin.xhp @@ -161,33 +161,8 @@ Using Fax Functionality -If you have installed a fax package such as Efax or HylaFax on your computer, you can send faxes with the $[officename] software. - - -Change to the {install_path}/program directory. - - -Enter: ./spadmin - - -Click New Printer. This opens the Add Printer dialog. - - -Select Connect a fax device. Click Next. - - -Choose whether to use the default driver or another printer driver. If you are not using the default driver, select the appropriate driver. Click Next. - - -Enter a command line with which to communicate with the fax in the following dialog. In the command line of each fax sent "(TMP)" is replaced by a temporary file and "(PHONE)" by the telephone number of the recipient fax machine. If "(TMP)" occurs in the command line, the PostScript code is transmitted in a file, otherwise as standard input through a pipe. Click Next. - - -Assign a name to your new fax printer and determine whether the telephone numbers (see below) marked in the text should be removed from the printout, or not. Click Finish. - - -You can now send faxes by printing to the printer that has just been created. -Enter the fax number as text in the document. You can also enter a field that takes the fax number from your active database. In any case, the fax number must start with the characters @@# and end with @@. A valid entry would have the form @@#1234567@@. -If these characters including the telephone number are not printed, activate the Fax number is removed from the printout option under Properties on the Command tab page. If no telephone number is entered in the document, a dialog prompting you for it will appear after the printout. +If you have installed fax4CUPS on your computer you can send faxes with the $[officename] software. +A dialog prompting you for the phone numbers to send the fax to will appear after the printout when printing to a fax4CUPS printer. Multiple numbers can be entered separated by ; In $[officename] you can also activate an icon for sending faxes to a default fax. To do this, choose Tools - Customize - Toolbars, click Add Commands and add from "Documents" the Send Default Fax icon. You can set which fax is used when this button is pressed under %PRODUCTNAME - PreferencesTools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - Print. Remember to create one separate print job for each fax, otherwise, the first recipient will receive all the faxes. In the Tools - Mail Merge dialog select the Printer option and then select the Single print jobs check box. -- cgit