You did not provide complete information.
What version of Office is installed?
Just what is it you are trying to do?
I've never seen anyone use the Windows XP Fax Service just to generate a TIF
file. That's not what it's for.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"jim sturtz" wrote in message
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hi russ,

my default .tif view is to an 'Microsoft Office Document Imaging File',
uses
a program called mspview. i can change to the program suggestion you
made,
and i'm sure it would use that viewer. are you sure changing viewers
would
affect the fax printer driver, print to file option? or give me the
ability
to create a .tif of a document i am trying to print, whether from excel,
or
a word processor or whatever?

thanks.

jim

not sure i am understanding you correctly
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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Windows Imaging and Fax viewer must be your default viewer for TIF files.
You can easily restore that setting in Windows Explorer Folder Options.
File Types. For most users the command line should read:

"rundll32.exe drive:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fu llscreen
%1"
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

"jim sturtz" wrote in message
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i could use FAX, in winXP, as a printer to 'print to file' and create
.tifs.
it does and works great

i have recently run into a problem tho. that works for single page
prints,
the print dialogue comes up and has a checkbox to 'print to file' then
lets
me type in a filename.

but when i use some software the print dialogue when it comes up,
doesnt
have the 'print to file' checkbox or in the case of TurboTax when it
has
a
whole bunch of pages to print, you never see the 'print to file'
between
pages, it just goes straight to the fax wizard. i found a work-around
somewhat by using the wizard and then doing a 'preview' it brings up my
paint program and that lets me use the single-page print to fax
dialogue.

is there a registry entry to make the default 'print to file' box be
checked? i looked around the registry some but didnt stumble over
anything
i recognized that would help.

failing a msfax based solution, anyone have any other ideas on a
program
to
make a textfile into a .tif?

thanks.

jim

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