Open Outlook Express
Click "Tools", then Options.
Signatures and/or *Stationery in Email
You can hover your cursor over an image to see a "Tool Tip"
Toggle the F11 Key for Full Screen.
Putting a "signature" into an email is a handy and quick way to close your email messages without having to type the same information over and over. The signature can be anything you want from simple text to pictures and hyperlinks. This page will attempt to show how you set up a signature or even a "stationery" page using Outlook Express or Web mail programs like Hotmail and Yahoo mail.
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Use this if you want to include a picture |
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Find pre-made stationery available for download: Stationery Hq |
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This shows how to set up a simple text signature in Outlook Express.
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Open Outlook Express Click "Tools", then Options. |
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When you're satisfied with your selections, click "OK" |
Click the Signature tab.
Check the "Add signatures to all outgoing messages" option. Click "New" and give your signature a name. Select "Text" and type in your text. In this case, I used: Have a great day! Dwight Be sure to visit http://answerpool.com for any unanswered questions you may have. |
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When I click on the "New Message" button, this is what my new signature looks like. As you can see, I set my font for Comic Sans MS and size 12, Green. Where you see the text cursor (just above "Have a great day") is where I type in my message. The space will expand as necessary automatically. |
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The link to answerpool is "clickable" if you set the message format to "Rich Text" (HTML). The recipient can click it to go to the AnswerPool home page |
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To set your font preference, click on the Tools Menu, then Options. Select the "Compose" tab, then click the "Font Settings" button. Select your font preferences, then click on the OK button on both the Font window and the Internet Options window.
Note: This image shows the "Font" window super-imposed over the "Internet Options" window. The "Font" window is the active window, as shown by the blue colored "Titlebar". |
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For Use With Outlook Express
Press F11 key for full screen view (Internet Explorer)
See "Printing Tip" below
It is fun to use an animated signature file (like this)
in your email messages. You could just "insert" the image into the email message using the Insert menu, then the "picture" command. See this page for more...
But if you plan to include your signature file with many or most of your email messages, it would be easier to create a stationery Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) page that includes your animated .gif image file. See the Stationery Page for more information about this.
Okay, so what do I need?
First, an animated signature graphic. You could use a program like "Paint Shop Pro" and create one, but that is somewhat complicated. If you would like to see about making your own, this page has instructions.
But you may prefer to have one made for you. This site will make one for you for about $10 US: http://www.myjohnhancock.net You chose your pen, color, font, etc. They will email you a still sample and if you like it, you pay them $1.00 per letter!
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Printing Tip: This usually requires 6 pages to print out in total. You can chose to print only pages 1 - 4 to get the whole lesson without the information below here.
Click File/Print Preview to see how it will look. (This is in Internet Explorer 5.5 and higher and Netscape Navigator).
Do you find this information helpful? Can you give me any suggestions or comments that will make this kind page better or easier for you to use? Let me know. Email Dwight Blackburn
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A brief description of a screen object. ToolTips appear when you position the mouse pointer over objects.
This page last updated:
August 31, 2005
*My thanks to Ruth for pointing my incorrect word usage. This page originally used the word "stationary" instead of "stationery". Thanks Ruth.
