What counted as a fax dialing shortcut on old hardware, and the saved Contacts and Groups that do the same job on Fax.Plus today.
- A fax dialing shortcut is any saved setting that lets a sender skip re-typing a fax number for repeat use.
- Legacy fax machines stored these as speed-dial and one-touch buttons tied to the physical unit.
- Fax.Plus replaces that hardware with saved Contacts and Contact Groups, so a sender can fax one number or an entire group in a few clicks.
What Is a Fax Dialing Shortcut?
A fax dialing shortcut is any feature that lets a sender reach a frequently used fax number without typing or looking it up each time. On physical fax machines, this took the form of dedicated hardware: a bank of speed-dial buttons or a one-touch key wired to a specific number, both tied to that single unit and unavailable from any other device.
The Modern Equivalent: Contacts and Groups
Fax.Plus replaces that hardware entirely with saved Contacts and Contact Groups in the account itself, available from any device the account is logged into rather than one physical machine. A sender can add a contact once, organize contacts into groups, and send a fax directly from that contact list. A single transmission can go out to one saved number, an entire group, or several groups at once, effectively broadcasting the same fax to a whole group without re-entering a single number.
Managing Shortcuts Across a Team
On Business and Enterprise plans, contacts and groups can be shared across a team rather than kept on one person's device, and an account's routing administrator can manage which numbers and groups are available account-wide. Those saved entries live inside the fax account they belong to, not on any single piece of hardware.
A Common Case: Faxing an Entire Pharmacy Network
A retail pharmacy chain based in Texas keeps a saved contact group for the dozen pharmacy locations it regularly faxes prescription transfer requests to. Instead of re-entering each location's fax number, the sender selects that one group and sends the request to every location in the same transmission.
FAQs
Can I send a fax to a group of contacts at once?
Yes. Once contacts are organized into a group, a single fax can be sent to that whole group at once instead of adding each number individually, and a fax can be sent to more than one group in the same transmission.
Do I need special dialing hardware to use fax dialing shortcuts?
No. Speed-dial and one-touch buttons were physical hardware tied to one fax machine. Fax.Plus replaces that with saved Contacts and Contact Groups in the account itself, usable from any device the account is logged into.
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