Surround fax:888-8888-8888 with brackets [fax:888-8888-8888] and see if it
helps

Hal
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"John" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Is there a way to type in a fax number directly into the address section
of
an email (ie not having to create a business fax record in outlook
contacts).
I seem to recall in earlier versions you could type:
fax:888-8888-8888
and it would send that fax (which was great for mail merge) but it doesn't
seem to work with windows xp and office/outlook 2007- unless i am missing
something - which does happen sometimes.

Thanks heaps