Email Signature

Installation:

Click on the required format to download a gif or zip file containing the signature image file. When prompted, save it to the desktop. If the zip is downloaded, a zip icon will appear on your desktop after the file downloads. If you select the gif file, a new window will pop up. Click and drag this file to your desktop (mac users) or right click on the image and save it to your desktop (PC users). After the download is complete extract the image file from the zip download. Move the gif file to a desired location; for example c:/signatures/

Mac Email Signatures

Mac OS X Mail
  1. Copy the image you've downloaded by clicking on it and hitting Apple C
  2. Choose Mail | Preferences | Signatures | Add Signature
  3. Paste the image into the dialog box by pressing Apple V
  4. Close the preferences dialog box to return to Mail
Netscape® 7.0
  1. Create an HTML document similar to the example shown HERE and insert your signature image into line 13. Save this file on your hard disk. You can use Microsoft Word or any simple text editor to create this file. Be sure to save the file with an HTML extension
    In your Netscape Mail select your mail account name in the top left box, under accounts click on 'View settings for this account'. View your account settings by clicking on the account name.
    Under 'Attach this signature', click on choose and select the HTML file you created. Click open/select and go back to the Preferences dialog. Click on the Signature file check box then click OK to exit the Preferences dialog to return to Netscape Mail.
  2. When sending an e-mail, it is recommended that you select the option of sending it as both plain text and HTML.
Netscape® Communicator 4.78
  1. Create an HTML document similar to the example shown HERE and Insert your signature image into line 13. Save this file in your hard disk. You could use Microsoft Word or any simple text editor to create this file. Be sure to save the file with a .HTML extension
    In your Netscape Mail Choose Edit | Preferences
    Expand Mail& Newsgroups and click on Identity
    On the Signature file line click on choose and select the HTML file you created. Click open/select and go back to the Account Settings dialog.
  2. Click on the 'Attach this signature' check box then click OK to exit the Preferences dialog to return to Netscape Mail.

Windows Email Signatures

For Outlook 2002

For an HTML signature:
  1. Choose Tools | Options | Mail Format. 
  2. Make sure the default format is set to HTML.
  3. Click Signatures... 
  4. On the Create Signature dialog, select new. 
  5. On the Create New dialog, enter the name of the new signature and select one of the options provided below that section. Click Next the click on 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 the downloaded graphic.
     
  7. Save the file and click OK until you return to Outlook.

For Outlook 98 or 2000

For an HTML signature:
  1. Choose Tools | Options | Mail Format. 
  2. Make sure the default format is set to HTML.
  3. Click Signature Picker. 
  4. On the Signature Picker dialog, select the signature, 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:/signatures/ftt.gif">

You can also use either of these techniques to add other HTML tags to your signature -- to play sounds, run marquees and generally make a signature so busy and junky that people stop reading your mail. 

For an RTF signature:
  1. Choose Tools | Options | Mail Format. 
  2. Make sure the default format is set to Rich Text.
  3. Click Signature Picker. 
  4. On the Signature Picker dialog, select the signature, 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.

For Outlook 97

Look in your Windows folder for an .rtf file that matches the name of your Outlook profile, e.g. Outlook Settings.rtf. Open this in WordPad or Word. Now, use a graphics program to open the graphic and copy it to the Clipboard. Go back to the .rtf file, and paste in the graphic. Then close and save the .rtf file. 

Once you add a graphic, any changes to the AutoSignature need to be made by editing the .rtf file. Updating it with Tools | AutoSignature will remove the graphic.


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