Creating a signature in Microsoft Outlook for MAC 2011
Email clients often allow you to create a
signature block that will automatically be added to the bottom of every
email message you compose. Signatures typically contain items such as the
sender's name, email address, physical address, phone numbers, company name,
etc. To create such a signature in Outlook 2011, which is part of
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, take the following steps inside Outook:
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Click on Outlook on Outlook's menu bar and select Preferences.
Or you can hit command,, i.e., the
command and comma keys to
bring up the Preferences window.
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Click on Signatures in the E-mail section.
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To edit the Standard signature click on it to put a check in the check
box next to it and then type the signature you wish to have appended to
outgoing email messages in the Signature pane at the right side of
the Signatures window.
If you want to create another signature, you can click on the plus sign,
+ near the bottom, left corner of the window.
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Click on the Default Signatures button, which will open a window
where you will see your email account listed..
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Click on the double arrowheads on the right side of the window under
"Default signature" then select "Standard" or another signature, if you
created another one.
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You will then see the selected signature under "Default signature". Click
on OK.
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You can then close the Signatures window by clicking on the red
circle with an "x" in it in the upper left corner of the Signatures
window.
When you compose a new message, you should then see the signature you
created appear automatically at the bottom of the message.
