Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro FAQ
Basic
1.What is Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro?
Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro are smart and super fax image viewers and fax image converters.
With Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro, you can open, view, print, convert not only known fax such as tif/fax, fmf, fxd, fxm, fxr, fxs, bfx, dcx, qfx, apf, awd, g3f, g3n, etc,
but also almost ALL other unknown fax images, no matter what fax formats those fax iamges are.
When a fax image is displayed in Smart FaxSee or FaxSee Pro, you can also print it out, or convert it to a standard TIF/FAX file, if it is not a standard TIF/FAX file.
Unlike other fax/image viewers which can open only their own fax files (or few known format fax files), Smart FaxSee can show,print,convert almost ALL fax files, no matter what format it is, only if it is a FAX file!
2.What fax formats does Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro support?
Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro each supports many fax formats, click to see detail.
In fact,Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro can open, view, print almost ALL group 3 and group 4 compressed fax.
If you have a fax document that FaxSee Pro can not open, please contact or send it to us by webmaster[AT]sfaxtools.com, we'll open it for you.
3.Why I need Smart FaxSee and/or FaxSee Pro?
Fax images are usually comes from various fax softwares or scanners, with different file formats. For example,*.FXD,*.FXS,etc are WinFax fax files, *.FMF is FaxWizard fax files, and TIF/FAX is standard fax file formats supported by many fax softwares and scanners.
These different fax files can only be viewed by specific viewers made by their own companies.
You have to switch fax viewers from one to another to view different fax images.
Now with Smart FaxSee or FaxSee Pro, you can open, view all these fax images. Father more, you can view ALL G3 fax (T.4 compressed)images, and Most G4 fax (T.6 compressed) images .Cool!
If you want to convert any other fax files to standard TIFF/FAX files, you need Smart FaxSee or FaxSee Pro, too.
4.Does Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro run on any Windows?
Yes. Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro each runs on Windows 9x, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000 , Windows XP & Windows 2003.
5. Needd I register smart faxsee and/or FaxSee Pro?
Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro are function limit shareware. Unregister copies of Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro can open, view, thumb view, print only part of a fax image, and can not convert fax to tif.
If you open a fax image with unregistered smart faxsee or faxsee pro, you can see only PART of the fax image is opened, not the whole fax image.
If you want open view, print, convert the whole fax iamges with Smart FaxSee or FaxSee Pro, you must register first. Registered users has the FULL functions, and would get full supports. Moreover, registered users are free to upgrade to their new versions now.
A message of "Please register to view this FAX image" is displayed on the status bar in Smart FaxSee, if you are not registered.
A message of "Unregistered copy" is displayed on the status bar in FaxSee Pro, if you are not registered.
6. How to register Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro?
- 1. Click here to see order info, or just click any of the folowing link to buy smart faxsee to get your register code.They are safe and secure:
- 2. After you get your register code, then run Smart FaxSee and/or FaxSee Pro, click the menu "Help|Register", a register dialog box will appear.
- 3. You can register Smart FaxSee and/or FaxSee Pro in the register dialog box with your register code you get.
As soon as you register the Smart FaxSee and/or FaxSee Pro with the register code you get, you can achieve the full functions immediately. That is, you can browse, open, view, print, convert ALL the G3 fax images, and MOST G4 fax images, wonderful!
Note: You'd better close the Smart FaxSee / FaxSee Pro first when you register it, then run it again.
7. How to upgrade Smart FaxSee to version 2.00?
- Smart FaxSee is free to upgrade to version 1.65.
- $5 is needed to upgrade to version 2.00 from 1.65. Please mail to webmaster@sfaxtools.com,
provide your name, email, phone, address when you buy Smart FaxSee for us to verify your license for upgrade.
- Smart FaxSee is free to upgrade from version 2.00 to later.
Usage
1. How to open a fax file quickly with smart faxsee/faxsee pro?
- If you want to open Faxwizard fax (*.FMF),WinFax fax (*.FXD,*.FXM,*.FXR,*.FXS),or Quick Link II fax (*.QFX),you just double click the fax file, smart faxsee and faxsee pro will open it directly.
- If your Faxwizard fax (*.FMF),WinFax fax (*.FXD,*.FXM,*.FXR,*.FXS),or Quick Link II fax (*.QFX) is attached within a email, you just click the attachment (your fax file(s)), then select "Open", smart faxsee and faxsee pro will open it directly.
- You can open any fax files with mouse right button menu in Windows Explorer: just move your mouse to the file in Windows Explorer, then click mouse right button, a menu appears. Click "Open with Smart FaxSee" or "Open with FaxSee Pro", the fax image will be opened.
- Use left Folder Bar in smart faxsee to locate and open your fax files just one click!
2. Can I rotate my fax in smart faxsee / FaxSee Pro?
Yes, Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro can flip and mirror your fax. That is, you can rorate your fax images horizontally and vertivally only.
This is a useful feature as you have upside down fax images.
3. Can I slide show my fax in smart faxsee / FaxSee Pro?
Yes, Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro do support slide show now.
You can set slide show interval from "Settings|Options" menu item.
4. How to switch between thumb viewing mode and single image mode in FaxSee Pro?
- When you run FaxSee Pro, FaxSee pro is in thumb viewing mode as default.
- Browse your fax directory in left folder bar, thumb images of each fax is listed in the right thumb view, if there is fax in this directory.
Double click any thumb image, FaxSee Pro will enter into single image mode and open the fax.
- You can go back to thumb viewing mode by double click the fax image in single image mode.
- Just click menu item "File|Open" to open a fax, FaxSee Pro will enter into single image mode directly.
5.When to use menu item "Settings| Resolutions"?
- When you open a unknown fax image, finding the image is enlarged or shrinked, you may change the resolution to redraw the image.
- Usually you need change vertical resolution only.
- Unknown fax means all other fax except follows: TIFF/FAX fax,FaxWizard .fmf fax,WinFax . fxd/.fxm/.fxr/.fxs Fax,.DCX fax,.QFX fax,.APF,.AWD fax files.
6.When to use menu item "Settings| Bit order"?
- When you open a unknown fax image,but smart faxsee and/or FaxSee Pro says It's not a fax image, and nothing is displayed, you can use menu item "Settings| Bit order", try to select the fax bit order between "Highest bit first" and "Least bit first" (default setting is "Auto bit Order",that means smart faxsee will determine the real bit order).
- Unknown fax means all other fax except follows: TIFF/FAX fax,FaxWizard .fmf fax,WinFax . fxd/.fxm/.fxr/.fxs Fax,.DCX fax,.QFX fax,.APF,.AWD fax files.
Functionality
1.When I open a tif file, nothing is done, why?
Smart Faxsee and FaxSee Pro are FAX-objected viewers that open only fax compressed tif files,
which are known as tif/fax files (include MH, group 3 (T.4) and group 4 (T.6) compressed tif files). FaxSee Pro can also open PackBits black-white tif files.
Smart Faxsee and FaxSee Pro will not open other tif files.
2.When open a fax, it seems open and show only part of the fax, why?
Smart FaxSee and Faxsee are function limited shareware, The limitations are:
- To Smart FaxSee, unregistered usrs can open and view ONLY PART of each fax images, and CAN NOT CONVERT fax to tif.
- To FaxSee pro, unregistered usrs can browse, open, view print, ONLY PART of each fax images, and CAN NOT CONVERT fax to tif.
As soon as you register your own license, you'll achieve the
FULL functions immediately.
You can browse, open, view, print, convert ALL the Group 3 fax images, and MOST Group 4 fax images, with no limitations.
See how to register.
3.It seems the thumb images shows only part of every fax image, why?
As function limited shareware, unregistered FaxSee Pro does open and show ONLY PART of each fax image, as well as in thumb images.
That's why you see only part of every fax in thumb images.
As soon as you register your own license, you'll achieve the FULL functions immediately.
See how to register.
4.Why does it not convert my fax to TIF files?
As function limited sharewares, unregistered Smart FaxSee and FaxSee Pro do not convert fax images to tif images.
As soon as you register your own license, you'll be able to convert your fax to tif files immediately.
See how to register.
6.When I open my Faxwizard .FMF fax, nothing is done, why?
- Unregistered smart faxsee and faxsee pro may not open FMF fax files properly.
- As soon as you register your license, you can open Faxwizard .FMF fax files properly.