Why is Word so limited in the use of mulitiple signatures for emai

[Guest]

I wanted to add a signature manual while using MS Word as an email editor. It
was not possible and this was part of the HELP text I found when looking up
"Signatures".

When you use Word as your e-mail editor, the signature that you can manually
insert is AutoText that comes from the name and information that you typed
when you installed Microsoft Office. To view the information in Word, on the
Tools menu, click Options, and then click User Information.
When you use Word as your e-mail editor and you have Outlook automatically
apply your signature to messages that you send, forward, or reply to, the
signature comes from the e-mail signature that you created in one of the
following places:
In Word, on the Tools menu, click Options, click General, and then click
E-mail Options.
In Outlook, on the Tools menu, click Options, click Mail Format, and then
click Signatures.

This setup is very limiting and stupid.

I don't just want one default signature for email. I like the other
functions in Word when sending Email. Why is the signature function so
limited?

Paulie

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

what version of outlook do you have?









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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Sounds like you just need a couple of pointers toward the features that are already there. If you are using Word as your email editor (aka WordMail), you will not have an Insert | Signature command like the regular Outlook editor. If you want to be able to insert a signature into a WordMail message manually, you can create an AutoText entry for each signature. You can then insert them with the Insert | AutoText command.

Or, create multiple signatures the normal way (Tools | Options | Mail Format) and make one the default. If you want to use a different signature for the current message, right-click the signature that Outlook inserted automatically. From the pop-up menu, select either the name of the signature you want to use or E-mail Signature to create a new one. I personally prefer this technique. This is also the technique you need to use if you want Outlook 2003 to automatically change your signature when you switch accounts on an unsent message.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

When I add the autotext line "Paulie" it keeps inserting the word "PERSONAL"
instead. I did add another autotext entry which works and also appears in the
"Normal" drop down menu for the Autotext menu item. Any ideas why this would
happen. I'm using Office 2003 with Win2K pro

PayPaul