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How To Setup Outlook Email Signature

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How to add an email signature in Outlook

Adding a signature to your emails gives them a professional touch. Setting up your signature also saves you time, since you don't need to type your contact details every time you send a new email. Fortunately, learning how to a Setup Outlook Email Signature is a pretty straightforward process.


How to add your signature in Outlook for Windows

Creating a signature in Outlook is easy. For Outlook 2019, 2016, and 2010, just click File > Options > Mail > Signatures. In Outlook 2007, go to Tools > Options > Mail Format > Signatures. There are also different steps to set it up in Outlook Web App and Outlook for Mac. Here are several ways to add a signature to Outlook:


How to create a signature in Outlook 2010, 2016 and 2019

  • Open the Outlook app.
  • Click File on the Outlook menu bar.
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  • Then click Options.
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  • Click Mail in the Outlook Options dialog box.
  • Then click Signatures. This will bring up the Signatures and Stationery menu.
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Note: Mobile signatures are text only and do not give you the option to format text or insert hyperlinks or images.

  • On the Email Signature tab, click New.
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  • Type a name for your signature in the pop-up box and click OK.
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  • Type your signature in the Edit signature box. This is where you put your name, title, company, contact number, and email address, or anything you want to add to your signature.


You can then use the standard editing options in the Edit Signature box to format your signature.

  • You can choose a font type, text size, text effects, text color, and text alignment.
  • You can insert a company logo, social media buttons, or other images by clicking the Image icon. This will allow you to import a photo from your computer or hard drive.
  • You can insert a link by clicking the Hyperlink icon (the one that looks like a globe with a chain on it).
  • You can insert a business card that you have set up in your Outlook contacts by clicking the Business Card icon.
  • From the Email Account dropdown menu, choose which email account you would like to associate your signature with.
  • In the New messages dropdown menu, you can choose which email signature to attach to all new messages. Outlook will automatically add the selected signature each time you create a new message.
  • In the Replies/Forwards dropdown, you can also choose which email signature to attach to emails you reply to or forward to others.
  • Click OK when you're done.

You can then view your signature by opening a new email. If you want to insert it manually, go to Insert > Signature and choose which signature you want to add.

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