Adding a signature to your email

Microsoft Outlook

1. Choose Tools -> Options -> Click the Mail Format tab in the Options dialoge box.
   
   
2. Make sure the default format is set to HTML.
3. Click Signatures.
4. On the Signature Picker dialog, select the free signature image you created, then click Edit.
   
5. On the Edit Signature dialog, click Advanced Edit. This will open the .htm file for the signature in your system's default HTML editor.
   
6. Use your HTML editor's tools to insert a graphic.
7. Save the file and click OK until you return to Outlook.

If you don't have an HTML editor, you can locate the .htm file for the signature in your Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures folder, then edit it in Notepad to add an HTML image tag like this:

<img border="0" src="file:///c:/pathto/mysignature.gif">

1. Choose Tools -> Options -> Click the Mail Format tab in the Options dialoge box..
   
   
2. Make sure the default format is set to Rich Text.
3. Click Signatures.
4. On the Signature Picker dialog, select the free signature image you created, then click Edit.
   
5. On the Edit Signature dialog, click Advanced Edit. This will open the .rtf file for the signature in your system's default RTF editor, Word or WordPad.
   
6. Use the editor's tools to insert a graphic.
7. Save the file and click OK until you return to Outlook.

Microsoft Outlook Express

1. Start by creating a simple HTML file (using any HTML editor) or follow the steps below for using notepad.
2. Open Notepad (Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Notepad)
   
3. Type the following in (Change the the path to file to the location where you saved your signature image.) <img src="c:\path_to_file\mysignature.gif">
   
4. Save your new signature file. Change the Save as Type setting to All Files, and name your file signature.html The file name must have a .html ending.
   
   
5. In Outlook Express select Tools -> Options
   
6. Click on the Signatures tab
   
7. Click the New button. Under edit signature change the radio button to File. Change the Files of type option to HTML files, and locate the .html file we saved in step #4, select open
   
8. On the signature tab of the options menu select add signatures to all outgoing messages.