Creating a fax cover letter using Microsoft Word is a small extra step that you can take to help you look professional. Read on to learn how to create a fax cover letter in Microsoft Word.

Determine the intent and audience of your fax. This will help you decide on a template to use for your fax cover letter.

Open Microsoft Word. You can find it on PC by clicking on "Start" at the bottom of the screen and clicking on "All Programs." On a Mac look in your hard drive's "Applications" folder. Look for Microsoft Office Word or Microsoft Office.

Click on "Microsoft Office Word Help," located under the Help tab at the top of the screen in Microsoft Word. A search engine will appear at the right of your screen.

Type "Create a fax cover letter" in the search engine. Click on the green arrow to the right of the text. A list of results will appear.

Browse the results. Click on a few of the results to take a closer look at each of the templates.

Decide which template you would like to use and click on the "Download" button at the bottom of the template preview window.

Fill out the template, replacing any words or formatting necessary to customize your fax cover letter.