Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Creating an E-mail Signature in Outlook Express

Create an E-mail signature.
An email signature is a series of text inserted at the end of e-mail correspondence. It can be inserted automatically or manually with a few clicks.

It is important to include an e-mail signature in every e-mail you send out.
It helps to promote whatever you want (your website or business etc.) to everyone you send an e-mail to. Adding an e-mail signature to each and every e-mail message you send is an important free type of advertising your business.
 To create a signature in Outlook Express:
 1.Open Outlook Express.
 2.Click Tools in the top toolbar then select Options.
 3.Click the Signatures tab in the dialog box.

Click the New button in the Signatures section.
 A new name appears in the white box to the left of the New button called Signature #1.

Click on Signature #1 in the list and then the Rename button.
A box appears around Signature #1 and it is highlighted.

Type a new name for the signature. Hit the Enter key to accept the name.

Select the radio button beside Text. Type your signature in the white Text box. Hit Enter to create a new line.

Now that you have the signature created you have a few options:
 •Include the signature manually to each e-mail.
 •Include the same email signature in every e-mail message.
 •Include a certain e-mail signature when using a certain e-mail account.

If you have only one e-mail signature you can set Outlook Express to include the e-mail signature you have created automatically.

 1.Back in the screen where you created the e-mail signature at the very top is a check box beside Add signatures to all outgoing messages, click in the box.
 2.Now you also have the option to include the e-mail signature in your replies and forwarded messages. Leave checked if you wish to include, uncheck if you do not wish to include.
 3.Click OK and you are done.

Test it out. Create a new e-mail message and the signature is automatically inserted before you type your message.