formatting basics
If you want your fax messages to receive a positive a positive reception, follow these basic guidelines:
v Avoid heavy, dark graphics on a fax. In addition to doubling transmission time, Recipients who have an inkjet fax may get a page that is moist from the heavy application of ink.
v In addition to the cover form, format your fax message in either the standard business latter or memo form.
v Use a simple, legible type for your fax messages. Helvetica, Times New Roman, and Courier all transmit very clearly.
v Avoid handwritten notes. Text written with a pen or pencil often does not fax Well.
v Make the type at least 11 or 12 points in size.
v To double – check the appearance of your fax correspondence, run the Original through your fax machine using copy mode. The document the Recipient gets will look like this copy.
v Before we move on, here is one caveat about faxing: in – trays by fax Machines are rapidly becoming as cluttered as in – baskets or regular Mailboxes. Communication via fax does not assure the reader’s undivided Attention.