What to put on a fax cover sheet

A cover sheet is the first page of a fax. It tells whoever picks the pages off a shared machine who the fax is for, who sent it, and how many pages to expect. When you send from here you can add one with a tick of a box; it is filled in from what you type.

To: the recipient's name, and their department if the machine is shared.
From: your name and a phone number they can call back.
Date and the number of pages, including the cover sheet, so they can tell if any are missing.
Subject and a short note, such as what the document is or a case or reference number.
Optional marks: Urgent, Please reply, For review, Please comment.

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The cover page here

Tick Add a cover page and fill in your name, phone, subject and message. The cover page adds the date and the total page count for you, and counts as one page of the fax. It carries your details only, not ours.

Confidential documents

For medical, legal or financial papers, put the recipient's name on the cover sheet and write Confidential in the subject, so the pages go straight to the right person. Some agencies require it; the IRS, for example, asks for a cover sheet marked Confidential on identity theft forms.

Don't put sensitive numbers on it

The cover sheet is the page most likely to be seen by others. Leave Social Security numbers and account numbers off it unless the recipient specifically asks for them there.