CloudFax - Digitizing documents from a local scanning device (home or office)
The steps below explain how to use a scanner to scan a document that is connected, typically via a USB port, directly to your UW-Madison issued computer. If your computer is not connected to UW-Madison’s network (ex. you are working from home), it is highly recommended that you connect through the VPN (WiscVPN - Overview) for a more secure connection.
The resulting digital document can be integrated with an Office 365 email account and faxed immediately, or the digital document can be saved in a file location.
Scan to Email
- Place your document on the scanner bed of your scanner
- Select the scan option
- Select the share option
- Select the Office 365 email account option
- Follow these remaining steps to fax your scanned document to the intended recipient (start with step 2)
Scan to File
- Place your document on the scanner bed of your scanner
- Select the scan option
- Select the save option
- Select a folder location to store the document
- Follow these remaining steps to fax your scanned document to the intended recipient
- If the document was stored in an unsecure folder location in step 4, delete the document