Multiple User Signatures in Outlook 2002

[John R.]

I work at a library where we sometimes have multiple users
logging onto a single machine. When you choose a
signature in Outlook, that person's signature remains as
the default no matter who logs on afterward. I did find a
script file that addresses this problem, but it's very
time consuming to set up for each individual user.

The only other options I can think of are to manually
choose the signature file when sending an email, or to
create a generic signature file for an entire department.
I have seen very few posts about this, so I am suprised
that it hasn't affected more people. Is this a bug in
Outlook 2002? It wasn't an issue in previous versions.

 

[Megan Kielman]

Are all of these people sharing one mailbox? If that is the case then you
will have to manually select which signature to use or use a third party
tool or script.

 

[Patrick Reed [MVP - Outlook]]

Nope - not a bug - just a crummy change that was mercifully reversed in
2003.

Although it's still time-consuming, I used Word's AutoText feature to get
around this; I just had my users use Word as their e-mail editor, and then
they set up their signature(s) as AutoText entries. Basically they just
enter their signature once, select it, select AutoText from the Insert menu,
and create a new entry. I told them to name the entry the same as their
first name preceded by a dash (i.e. -Pat).

Most of them were happy with this. They just typed -Pat (for example) at the
end of their message and it enter - AutoText would automatically fill in
their sig for them.

 

[John R.]

Thanks for the replies.

Actually Megan, they are all logging into their own
mailboxes.

I appreciate the response about the Autotext fix. I'll
pass it on to the rest of our IT and see how that works
out.

-----Original Message-----
Nope - not a bug - just a crummy change that was mercifully reversed in
2003.

Although it's still time-consuming, I used Word's AutoText feature to get
around this; I just had my users use Word as their e-mail editor, and then
they set up their signature(s) as AutoText entries. Basically they just
enter their signature once, select it, select AutoText from the Insert menu,
and create a new entry. I told them to name the entry the same as their
first name preceded by a dash (i.e. -Pat).

Most of them were happy with this. They just typed -Pat (for example) at the
end of their message and it enter - AutoText would automatically fill in
their sig for them.
--
PATRICK REED [Outlook - MVP]~~~~~~
-Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
-Have you checked http://www.slipstick.com?
-Please post your Outlook version!

I work at a library where we sometimes have multiple users
logging onto a single machine. When you choose a
signature in Outlook, that person's signature remains as
the default no matter who logs on afterward. I did find a
script file that addresses this problem, but it's very
time consuming to set up for each individual user.

The only other options I can think of are to manually
choose the signature file when sending an email, or to
create a generic signature file for an entire department.
I have seen very few posts about this, so I am suprised
that it hasn't affected more people. Is this a bug in
Outlook 2002? It wasn't an issue in previous versions.

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