You can use signatures to automatically insert text in the messages you send. For example, you can create a signature for business e-mail that includes your name, job title, and phone number. Or, you can create a signature for personal e-mail that includes only your name. A signature can also include text other than your name; for example, you can include a quotation, your company's slogan, or boilerplate legal text.
In Microsoft Outlook Express, you can create as many signatures as you like. Then, you can either choose which signature to insert in an individual message, or choose a default signature to insert in all of the messages you send from a specific mail account. You can also add a signature to your random list. When you choose "random" instead of a specific signature, Outlook Express inserts a signature from your list at random.
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Creating a signature
Inserting a signature in a message
Specifying a default signature
Adding or removing a signature from your random list
Create a signature
- On the Tools menu, click Signatures.
- Click New.
- In the Name box, type a name that describes the signature.
- To add the signature to your random list, select the Include in random list check box.
- In the space provided, type the text you want to include in the signature.
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Inserting a signature in a message
Formatting a signature
Specifying a default signature
Adding or removing a signature from your random list
Format a signature
- On the Tools menu, click Signatures.
- Double-click the signature you want to format.
- If HTML is not your default message format, click
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- Select the text you want to format, and then select the formatting options you want.
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Creating a signature
About customizing messages
Insert a signature in a message
- Create or open the message.
- Click Signature, and then do one of the following:
- To insert a specific signature, click the signature.
- To insert a signature from your random list, click Random.
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Creating a signature
Specifying a default signature
Adding or removing a signature from your random list
Specify a default signature
- On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
- Click the account that you want to specify a default signature for, and then click Edit.
- Click the Options tab.
- Under Message Options, on the Default Signature pop-up menu, do one of the following:
- To insert a specific signature each time you send a message from the account, click the signature.
- To insert a signature from your random list each time you send a message from the account, click Random.
Related topics
Creating a signature
Inserting a signature in a message
Adding or removing a signature from your random list
Add or remove a signature from your random list
- On the Tools menu, click Signatures.
- In the Random column, select or clear the check box next to the signature you want to add or remove.
Related topics
Creating a signature
Inserting a signature in a message
Specifying a default signature