To type accented letters MCLA has partnered with WestFax, a cloud-based fax service that integrates with MCLA Email and special punctuation in Spanish, it is recommended BlazerPrint Copiers. Faxing a document can now be done by simply sending an e-mail. Users can also receive faxes securely that you install the 'International Keyboard' option in Windows XP/Vistago directly to their MCLA mailbox. Users who have a paper document to fax can still do so on any BlazerPrint Copier on campus. The following instructions will walk through this these various options.
==Sending a Fax==
==Instructions for Windows XP=='''Via Email Attachment (File Attachment Faxing)'''*Login to your MCLA Email via the MCLA Portal (https://portal.mcla.edu)*Create a new email message*Enter the ten-digit fax phone number with @westfax.com as the recipient's e-mail address. Example:13035551212@westfax.com*Enter a subject as the fax header (see [https://westfax.com/how-to-use-advanced-flags-with-fax-to-email/ WestFax Advanced Header Flags]) *Attach the file you would like to fax. All Microsoft Office file formats, .PDF, .JPG are supported.*Send Email*You will receive a fax confirmation e-mail sent back to you when fax is sent successfully
'''Via BlazerPrint Copier (Paper Faxing)'''*1. Click "Start"Load document in Automatic Document Feeder*2. Click "Control Panel"'Tap' into BlazerPrint Copier with MCLA Photo ID. *3. Click "Regional and Language Options"Select “Scan” from the homepage*4. Select the "LanguagesFax Using XXX-XXX-XXXX" taboption. Note: Users may have multiple lines assigned to them to choose from.*5. Click "DetailsEnter the fax recipient number by pressing the '+' symbol in the lower left corner..."*6. Under "Installed Services" click "Enter fax number (required), recipient name (optional), and recipient company (optional) then press 'AddRecipient' in the lower right corner.."*7. Make sure "Keyboard layout/IME" is checked and select "United States-International"Press 'Start' to Send Fax*8. Click "OK" and exit the system You will receive a fax confirmation e-mail sent back to finalize the installationyou when fax is sent successfully
==Instructions for Windows Vista=='''Via Portal Link'''TBD - Coming Soon
*1. Click "Control Panel"*2. Select "Clock, Language and Region"*3. Under Regional and Language Options, pick "Change keyboard or other input method." *4. Select the General tab. Under "Installed Services" click "Add..."*5. Find the "United States-International" option and select it. *6. In the pull-down menu, select "United States-International" as the default language. *7. Click OK to exit the menu system and finalize the installation.==Receiving a Fax==
'''Via Incoming Email'''
*Faculty/Staff who have been configured to receive faxes through a certain fax line will automatically receive incoming fax documents to their MCLA e-mail. The fax document will be accepted as an e-mail attachment in PDF format.
==Using the "right-Alt"== Once installed, the international keyboard then allows you to do the following: * Add the accents to the vowels, press the right-Alt key at the same time as the vowel. <br>Example: To type á, press the right-Alt key and the a at the same time. If you're capitalizing to make Á, you'll have to press three keys simultaneously — the a, right-Alt and the shift key. 'Via Portal Link''' * Add special characters. <br>Example: Angular quotation markets (« and ») can be created by pressing the right-Alt key and one of the bracket keys simultaneously. The inverted question mark (¿) and inverted exclamation point (¡) are also done similarly. Press right-Alt and the 1 key (which also is used for the exclamation point) for the inverted exclamation point; for the inverted question mark, press rightTBD -Alt and the question mark key at the same time.Coming Soon
