Adding signatures to your Outlook Express Emails

 

Adding signatures to your Outlook Express Emails
Follow the instructions below to have your signature automatically appear on all Emails you send using Outlook Express.

Step 1 :
Create your HTML signature file as shown here.

 

How to create an HTML signature file
Follow the instructions below to make an HTML signature file that you can use for your Email programs that support HTML signatures.

Step 1a :
Right click  Right click this link  and select Save Target As. Save the file as sig.htm to your Desktop

 

 

Step1 b :

Right-click the sig.htm file on your desktop and move your mouse over Open With... and click Notepad

 

Step 1c :
Now create your signature from ClipartInc.com and copy the HTML signature code.

Highlight the squares in the sig.htm file as shown below and replace them with your HTML signature code.

 

 

Step 1d :
Your sig.htm file should look similar to the example below without the yellow box. The yellow box is only for this example to highlight the signature code. It's OK to have empty line spaces as shown.

Close your sig.htm file after you paste your signature into it and save it when asked

 

You're done! You can now use this signature file for any Email program that supports HTML.

P.S.
You can repeat the steps above and make multiple signature files to swap signatures easily from within your Email program. For instance you could name one welcome.htm and use that for your Welcome signature. You could name another one love.htm and use that for an I love You signature.

When sending Email with Outlook Express for example you can select what signature file you want to use for that message.

 

 

Step 2 :
Open Outlook Express and click Tools/Options from the top menu bar. Under the Options menu select the signature tab and click the New button to create a new signature for your Emails.

Also make sure you have the Add signatures to all outgoing messages box checked like shown below

 

 

Step 3 :
Under edit signature select the file option and then click the Browse button. Make sure you have the Files of type on HTML files as shown below and then select your sig.html file from your Desktop and click Open.

 

 

 

Step 4 :
Make sure to set your new signature file your default signature by clicking the Set as Default button. By having it your deault signature it will be the first signature used when sending Emails.

You're done! Try and send an Email to see if your signature works. It should look simliar to the example below.

 

 

P.S.
You can repeat the steps above and make multiple signature files to swap signatures easily from within your Email program. For instance you could name one welcome.htm and use that for your Welcome signature. You could name another one love.htm and use that for an I love You signature