WinFax Pro isn't the cheapest fax package on the market, but it's by far the best. Symantec's $99.95 faxing powerhouse excels at the basics--sending and receiving faxes--while tossing in enough bells and whistles to please even the most discriminating tastes.

Examples? You can send faxes in photo-quality mode--a boon to anyone sending graphics or pictures via fax--or deliver them as e-mail attachments. WinFax automatically imports your contacts from popular PIMs such as Microsoft Outlook, it performs fast and accurate optical character recognition (OCR) on incoming faxes, and it spell-checks the messages you send. It even allows you to import images directly from your scanner and digital camera. While some of WinFax's competitors contain one or even several of these features, none matches WinFax's slickness, intelligence, and ease of use..