Best Ways to Create Cover Sheets for Faxes

A fax cover sheet should have certain basic elements including the recipient's information and the sender's information. You may want to include a subject line. If the fax is directed at a specific individual or department at an organization, you may want to include an "Attn" line and include the name there.

• Create it within your word processor. For example, open Microsoft Word, click on the Office Button, and then click "New". A window should open with a number of templates available on the left. Click "Faxes". The first template will be for a fax cover sheet.


• Search for a template on the Internet. Open up a search engine, and type "fax cover sheet template". This should give you a wide variety of templates from which to choose.


• Create your own fax cover sheet from scratch. Do this by first identifying yourself with a letterhead. Add the fax number and your email address. Go down two lines, and enter a "To" section then insert the name of the recipient. Add a "From" line and, if you are the person sending it, insert your own name or your organization. Add a "Recipient's Fax Number" line and a "Sender's Fax Number". You may also want to include the number of pages being sent so that they person getting the fax knows if they got all of them.


• Create a cover sheet using the fax software included with Windows 7. Click the start button, go to All Programs and then open Windows Fax and Scan. Go to "Tools" and then "Cover Pages". Go to "New" and start entering cover page information.


• Use a fax service online to send your faxes. In some cases, they will create the cover sheet for you free. You simply enter the sender and recipient information as you send it.