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Create an Outlook Signature
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Automatically include your signature in Outlook emails
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Rather than type in your personal and
business details at the end of each email, Outlook can do it
automatically for you.
To create an Outlook signature:
- Start Outlook
- Go to Tools, Options and the Mail
Format tab
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- At the bottom of the Mail
Format tab there is a Signature option. Click
Signature Picker or Signatures (depending on
your version of Outlook) to create a signature
- Click new and then enter a name
for your new signature
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- Click next and enter your signature
details. (an example is below)
Kind regards,
James Monroe
Owner
Monroe and Associates
88 Walker Avenue
Baton Rouge LA
CA United States 70816
- Click Finish, Okay and Okay again
- Now create an email and select the
Insert drop down menu and choose Insert Signature.
Choose the signature you have just created and it will
insert automatically into your email.

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The article above is all you need to know to
create a signature however, for those more technically inclined
who which to understand more about Signatures when using Word as the
default email editor can continue reading.
Article copied from Slipstick.com
Did you just upgrade to
Office XP and can't find your signatures in WordMail (Microsoft Word
functioning as the editor in Microsoft Outlook)? In Office XP,
WordMail and the regular editor share signature files. In other
words, you no longer have separate signatures for the regular editor
and for WordMail Any WordMail signatures from earlier versions
should still be in your Normal.dot Word template as AutoText
entries. You can insert them with the Insert | AutoText
command, using the E-mail Signature list on the AutoText
menu.
In earlier versions, WordMail does not share signatures with
Outlook and instead uses only AutoText entries.
Office 2003 |
Office XP (Outlook 2002) | Office 2000 |
Outlook 97 and Outlook 98 |
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Office 2003 (Outlook 2003 with Word 2003)
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In Office 2003,
WordMail and the regular Outlook editor share signatures. Each
signature that you create actually consists of three files -- .htm,
.rtf, and .txt --
stored in your
Windows profile directory.
To create a new signature in Outlook:
- Open Outlook's Tools | Options menu.
- Select the Mail Format tab then the Signatures
button at the bottom of the dialog.
- Create one or more signatures, including a blank signature.
- Click Ok to return to the Mail Format tab.
- Select each account in your profile and assign a signature
to it.
To create a new signature while working in Word or WordMail:
- In Word or a WordMail message, choose Tools | Options.
- Switch to the General tab, and click E-mail
Options.
- Create one or more signatures
- (Optional) Select the signature you want to be inserted
automatically.
- Click OK until you return to your document or message.
If you have chosen to insert the signature automatically, but
want to use a different signature for the current message,
right-click the signature. From the pop-up menu, select either the
name of the signature you want to use or E-mail Signature to create
a new one.
Tip: Create a blank signature named None that consists of
just a character or two (like - or --), then set Outlook to always
insert your normal signature automatically. If you don't want a
signature on a given WordMail message, right-click the automatically
inserted signature, then choose None from the menu that pops up.
Tip: Always assign a signature to accounts, using the
blank signature on accounts that don't need a signature. When you
use an account that has no signature assigned ("<none>") you can't
right click to add a signature.
To add a signature when sending Word documents using the Email
command in Word (File | Send to | Mail recipient),
create an AutoText entry for each signature. You can then insert
them with the Insert | AutoText command.
When using the Outlook editor, you need to use the Insert
| Signature menu to change signatures. |
Office XP (Outlook 2002 with Word 2002)
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In Office XP,
WordMail and the regular Outlook editor share signatures. Each
signature that you create actually consists of three files -- .htm,
.rtf, and .txt --
stored in your
Windows profile directory.
To create a new signature while working in Word or WordMail:
- In Word or a WordMail message, choose Tools | Options.
- Switch to the General tab, and click E-mail
Options.
- Create one or more signatures
- (Optional) Select the signature you want to be inserted
automatically.
- Click OK until you return to your document or message.
If you have chosen to insert the signature automatically, but
want to use a different signature for the current message,
right-click the signature. From the pop-up menu, select either the
name of the signature you want to use or E-mail Signature to create
a new one.
WordMail does not include an Insert | Signature command
like the regular Outlook editor. If you want to be able to insert a
signature into a WordMail message manually, you can to create an
AutoText entry for each signature. You can then insert them with the
Insert | AutoText command.
Another strategy is to create a signature named None that
consists of just a character or two (like - or --), then set Outlook
to always insert your normal signature automatically. If you don't
want a signature on a given WordMail message, right-click the
automatically inserted signature, then choose None from the menu
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Office 2000 (Outlook 2000 with Word 2000)
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- Start a new message with WordMail.
- Choose Tools | Options.
- Switch to the General tab, and click E-mail
Options.
- Create one or more signatures, then click OK until you
return to your message.
To insert your signature into a message (if you did not choose to
have it added automatically), choose Insert | AutoText | E-mail
Signature, then choose your signature from the list.
If you did choose to insert the signature automatically, but want
to use a different signature for the current message, right-click
the signature. From the pop-up menu, select either the name of the
signature you want to use or E-mail Signature to create a new one.
The signatures are stored in Word's global Normal.dot template.
Make sure you answer Yes when you see a dialog asking whether
you want to keep changes made to that template.
You
can also create a WordMail signature that includes a picture:
- In a new Word document, create the signature you want to
use, adding a graphic with the Insert | Picture command.
Don't worry about any text formatting yet.
- Select the entire signature and use Format | Styles
to apply the E-mail Signature style.
- Format the text however you like.
- Select the entire signature again and use Insert |
AutoText to create a new AutoText entry.
Your new signature should now appear on the WordMail signatures
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Outlook 97 and Outlook 98
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believe these instructions should also work for Outlook 2000 if you
have Word 97, not Word 2000, installed:
- Start a new message with WordMail.
- Type, format and select the new autosignature.
- Choose Insert | AutoText | New.
- In the Create AutoText dialog box, type
SIGNATURE, then click OK.
- If you're asked Do you want to redefine the AutoText
entry?, click Yes to replace the
existing autosignature.
By default, the signature is stored in the Normal.dot template.
To create a separate autosignature for each WordMail (for example,
Email.dot) template, follow these steps:
- Start a new message with WordMail.
- Type, format and select the new autosignature.
- Choose Insert | AutoText | AutoText.
- At the bottom of the AutoCorrect dialog
box, under Look in, select your WordMail
template.
- In the Enter AutoText entries here
box, type SIGNATURE, then click Add.
- If you're asked Do you want to save changes to
Email.dot ?, click Yes.
The SIGNATURE AutoText entry in the Email.dot file will be used
instead of any default SIGNATURE AutoText in the Normal.dot file. |
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