Fax Cover Sheets

Fax cover sheets are not an absolute must when you are sending a fax but they are definitely a good idea. Not only do they make you look more professional they can also communicate in an instant what the general gist of your fax is all about.

With the correct templates, you can even customize your fax cover sheets where customers, clients and friends will instantly recognize that the correspondence is from you. Take for instance fax cover sheets that include an image of a bald eagle in the corner. After a short time, people will instantly associate that image with your fax cover sheets.

You can also have fun with fax cover sheets. Choose a cover sheet with bright colors, fun cartoon characters or just something plain silly. Who said business had to be all serious with no hint of fun.

The question that remains now is where do you get fax cover sheets? You have a few different options on obtaining fax cover sheets. You can make your own, download them free or pay for fax cover sheet templates. If you are a bit artistic in nature, you might want to explore making your own.

Creating Cover Sheets

You can create your own cover sheets in your basic word program. Following the few steps below will have you creating fax cover sheets like a professional in no time flat.

Begin with a blank page in word and set your margins, .75 is a good margin all around the page. Once you have everything set properly it is a good idea to save your changes, in fact you might want to do this periodically through the entire process.

Company logos will set your faxes apart right from the start so choose yours with care. It is important to note here that faxes are almost always in black and white so you will want a logo that fairs well in monochrome. So that you know, what it will look like to your recipients you could print a copy before making a final decision.

Next, you will want to add your contact and other pertinent information. Things you should include would be of course name, number and address, in addition you could add number of pages, purpose of fax and the person’s name in which the fax it intended for.

At this point, you can add tables, work with cells and customize the fax cover sheet to your heart’s content. Many people like to play with borders and shading, give the whole document a boarder or just specific areas, it is your fax cover sheet so make it the way you prefer.

Making your own fax cover sheets can be fun, however for the less artistically inclined or for those who simply do not like tedious work you might want to look into downloadable templates for your fax cover sheets.

Also, check out my other guide on fax from computer and how to send a fax

Fax Cover Sheets

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Fax Cover Sheets

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