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Designing Cover Pages

In general, cover pages and overlays are created exactly the same way with ActiveFax. A cover page is a separate page added as the first page of a fax message. Cover pages normally contain information about the sender, recipient, subject and additional information like date, time and the number of pages of the document. Compared to cover pages, overlays are not added as a separate page at the beginning of a fax message. Overlays are always displayed at the same page as the fax message (the image is overlaying the fax page, just as when you print on a form). That way it is possible to add bitmaps (i.e. company logos, order forms) to fax messages in a very simple way.

When a cover page or overlay is created, there is no difference between cover pages and overlays. They are both created exactly the same way with the Cover Page Designer of ActiveFax. Just the way how a cover page or overlay is added to a fax messages determines whether it will be used as a cover page or an overlay.

To create a new cover page or overlay, follow these steps:

  • Start the Cover Page Designer with the menu Extras / Cover Page Designer or use the corresponding button in the toolbar.
  • Select one of the design tools (i.e. text, graphics, data field) and design the cover page or overlay.
  • Save the cover page and close the Cover Page Designer with the menu File / Close Cover Page Designer.

Please note that the menu Extras / Page Format can be used to configure the pages on which an overlay should be visible. That way it would for example be possible to specify that an overlay should only be displayed on the first page or on the last page of a fax message.

Cover pages and overlays can be added to fax messages in various ways. One method is to choose the cover page or overlay in the fax dialog window of the ActiveFax printer. With the menu Extras / Predefined Settings or Extras / User Administrator / Modify / Predefined Settings it would be possible to configure default cover pages and overlays that are automatically added for new fax messages. Another way to add cover pages and overlays to fax messages is using data fields.

Take care to do this directly on the fax server. The Cover Page Designer is not available on the fax client.