Every time I insert a signature into an email using outlook 2007, I
have to backspace twice to move
the text up, otherwise the actual email has a big blank area above
it.

hmmm this is harder to explain than I thought. for a better idea of
the issue, if you type out an email with the first line "Hello Bob",
now move the cursor to the beginning of the word "Hello", and now hit
Enter twice. Thats how all of my signatures start, and I have to
manually put the cursor in front of "Hello" and backspace twice to
make it look right. I have deleted and manually recreated my
signatures, checked the actual signature files, and i dont find any
indent, line returns, bad spacing etc. So I'm stumped, and hoping
someone here with more knowledge than i has an answer.

Thanks in advance

signatures always leave some white space so you don't type in the signature
block. Try adding -- (2 dashes) in the first line of the signature so you
can see where it begins. Typically, there is blank line between the message
and sig - leaving some white space, like seen in this message.

Now, if you have the -- to mark the beginning of the sig and there are blank
lines under it, remove them from the sig.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Every time I insert a signature into an email using outlook 2007, I
> have to backspace twice to move
> the text up, otherwise the actual email has a big blank area above
> it.
>
> hmmm this is harder to explain than I thought. for a better idea of
> the issue, if you type out an email with the first line "Hello Bob",
> now move the cursor to the beginning of the word "Hello", and now hit
> Enter twice. Thats how all of my signatures start, and I have to
> manually put the cursor in front of "Hello" and backspace twice to
> make it look right. I have deleted and manually recreated my
> signatures, checked the actual signature files, and i dont find any
> indent, line returns, bad spacing etc. So I'm stumped, and hoping
> someone here with more knowledge than i has an answer.
>
> Thanks in advance

On Dec 28, 11:39 am, "Diane Poremsky" <outlook...@msn.com> wrote:
> signatures always leave some white space so you don't type in the signature
> block. Try adding -- (2 dashes) in the first line of the signature so you
> can see where it begins. Typically, there is blank line between the message
> and sig - leaving some white space, like seen in this message.
>
> Now, if you have the -- to mark the beginning of the sig and there are blank
> lines under it, remove them from the sig.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
> Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
> dailytips-subscribe-requ...@lists.outlooktips.net
>
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> <BKGosn...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:753ff0c8-8eb6-4589-b9a2-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Every time I insert a signature into an email using outlook 2007, I
> > have to backspace twice to move
> > the text up, otherwise the actual email has a big blank area above
> > it.
>
> > hmmm this is harder to explain than I thought. for a better idea of
> > the issue, if you type out an email with the first line "Hello Bob",
> > now move the cursor to the beginning of the word "Hello", and now hit
> > Enter twice. Thats how all of my signatures start, and I have to
> > manually put the cursor in front of "Hello" and backspace twice to
> > make it look right. I have deleted and manually recreated my
> > signatures, checked the actual signature files, and i dont find any
> > indent, line returns, bad spacing etc. So I'm stumped, and hoping
> > someone here with more knowledge than i has an answer.
>
> > Thanks in advance







So all signatures should start like this? Perhaps I'm missing
something. I use signatures as quick email replies to common
questions. I have prob 30 sigs, and so it takes a ton of time over
the course of a day to manually backspace twice at the beginning of
every email to make the text appears like a normal written email. I
see your example above, but when I i put 2 dashes in front of "Hello",
I get "--Hello" still dropped down 2 lines. Maybe outlook can't do
what I need. Is there a way to stop it from leaving 2 blank lines
above the signature?

On Dec 28, 12:05 pm, BKGosn...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Dec 28, 11:39 am, "Diane Poremsky" <outlook...@msn.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > signatures always leave some white space so you don't type in the signature
> > block. Try adding -- (2 dashes) in the first line of the signature so you
> > can see where it begins. Typically, there is blank line between the message
> > and sig - leaving some white space, like seen in this message.
>
> > Now, if you have the -- to mark the beginning of the sig and there are blank
> > lines under it, remove them from the sig.
>
> > --
> > Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> > Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> > Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
> > Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
>
> > Outlook Tips by email:
> > dailytips-subscribe-requ...@lists.outlooktips.net
>
> > Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
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> > Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
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> > <BKGosn...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:753ff0c8-8eb6-4589-b9a2-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > > Every time I insert a signature into an email using outlook 2007, I
> > > have to backspace twice to move
> > > the text up, otherwise the actual email has a big blank area above
> > > it.
>
> > > hmmm this is harder to explain than I thought. for a better idea of
> > > the issue, if you type out an email with the first line "Hello Bob",
> > > now move the cursor to the beginning of the word "Hello", and now hit
> > > Enter twice. Thats how all of my signatures start, and I have to
> > > manually put the cursor in front of "Hello" and backspace twice to
> > > make it look right. I have deleted and manually recreated my
> > > signatures, checked the actual signature files, and i dont find any
> > > indent, line returns, bad spacing etc. So I'm stumped, and hoping
> > > someone here with more knowledge than i has an answer.
>
> > > Thanks in advance
>
> So all signatures should start like this? Perhaps I'm missing
> something. I use signatures as quick email replies to common
> questions. I have prob 30 sigs, and so it takes a ton of time over
> the course of a day to manually backspace twice at the beginning of
> every email to make the text appears like a normal written email. I
> see your example above, but when I i put 2 dashes in front of "Hello",
> I get "--Hello" still dropped down 2 lines. Maybe outlook can't do
> what I need. Is there a way to stop it from leaving 2 blank lines
> above the signature?

well that didn't really work either, it removed my excess lines at the
beginning of the post, but i inserted a couple extra lines at the
beginning of my reply to try to illustrate the issue a little better

so you aren't really using them as signatures, but as boilerplate text? In
outlook 2007, use quick parts (Insert ribbon) for boilerplate and use
signatures as signatures.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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> So all signatures should start like this? Perhaps I'm missing
> something. I use signatures as quick email replies to common
> questions. I have prob 30 sigs, and so it takes a ton of time over
> the course of a day to manually backspace twice at the beginning of
> every email to make the text appears like a normal written email. I
> see your example above, but when I i put 2 dashes in front of "Hello",
> I get "--Hello" still dropped down 2 lines. Maybe outlook can't do
> what I need. Is there a way to stop it from leaving 2 blank lines
> above the signature?

On Dec 28, 12:27 pm, "Diane Poremsky" <outlook...@msn.com> wrote:
> so you aren't really using them as signatures, but as boilerplate text? In
> outlook 2007, use quick parts (Insert ribbon) for boilerplate and use
> signatures as signatures.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
> Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
> dailytips-subscribe-requ...@lists.outlooktips.net
>
> Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
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> <BKGosn...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:7f35f9df-2ed2-4525-b350-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > So all signatures should start like this? Perhaps I'm missing
> > something. I use signatures as quick email replies to common
> > questions. I have prob 30 sigs, and so it takes a ton of time over
> > the course of a day to manually backspace twice at the beginning of
> > every email to make the text appears like a normal written email. I
> > see your example above, but when I i put 2 dashes in front of "Hello",
> > I get "--Hello" still dropped down 2 lines. Maybe outlook can't do
> > what I need. Is there a way to stop it from leaving 2 blank lines
> > above the signature?

ok, thanks for all your help