windows Mail signature

[baffled32]

Hi all

I have W.Vista Home Premium & MS Office 2007. I am trying to insert my
'signature' into both sending and replying to my e-mails. I have followed the
help instructions as I wanted to change the font to another style, colour
etc.
However 'Help' tells you to format your signature in a WP package and save
in html format. Easy, I thought! In Word 2007 when you try to Save As - the
html option si not in the drop down menu. so i tried in Wordpad, no luck ther
either.

So can anyone tell me how I save to html in vista? I had no problems in
W.XP. Wish I had not had to change!

Here's hoping someone can hlep. thanks

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Click the Office orb at the top left of the Word Window and, from the drop
down menu, Select Save as followed buy 'Other formats' When the save as box
appears click the arrow to the right of the 'save as type' box and then
select 'web page' htm, html.


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[baffled32]

Hi John, Thanks for your reply. It has appeared to work as I could save the
file as 'web page', although I could not see the file extension as html. Then
when I set the signature as the default, I was able to browse, locate said
Word file and Apply.

However, the signature does not show when I Create A New Message - I did
check the roundel to say I wanted to use this default signature on new &
replying messages.

Any ideas on why it does not show please- have I missed something?

Thanks again.

 

[Dave]

The html file can be no larger than 4 K to be used as a signature.
Word generally creates a large html file, unless you select the "web page,
filtered".

 

[baffled32]

Hi Dave

thanks for the info. i have done as you said and the file is now 2kb & not
22kb as originally saved.

But it still does not show in the created message, so I am still baffled!

any more ideas?

 

[John Barnett MVP]

What happens if you create an email and then click the Insert option on the
main toolbar followed by clicking the signature option? Is the signature
added to the email then?

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[John Barnett MVP]

Just a thought, after creating the signature did you click the Advanced
button on the signature tab and tick which account you wanted the signature
to apply too?

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[baffled32]

Thanks for this John
I tried this but it just went in as an attachment file to the e-mail.

Giving up now as too tired to think about it any more. Will try again
tomorrow.

so thanks to you all.

 

[Guest]

Is the message you're trying to add the signature to set to use HTML?
In the new message window, click on Format, then Rich text (HTML)
while composing the message.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Word creates horribly inefficient HTML code.
Use the tutorial here:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/94853-windows-mail-signatures.html

or here:
http://email.about.com/cs/oetipstricks/qt/et120603.htm