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Set a signature for Outlook to use in messages and appointments. Use event-based activation to respond to events when the task pane is not open. If no signature is set, the add-in prompts the user to set a signature, and can then open the task pane for the user.įor documentation related to this sample, see Configure your Outlook add-in for event-based activation. The add-in can respond to events, even when the task pane is not open. This sample uses event-based activation to run an Outlook add-in when the user creates a new message or appointment. Long signatures can easily get in the way of your message and unnecessarily clutter up message archives.Applies to: Outlook on Windows | Outlook on the web Summary My only caveat is this: keep them short and simple – especially when you email to discussion lists. Signatures are a great way to make composing your email a little easier, and are often recommended as a acceptable way to promote a business or cause. In Tools, Account Settings, click on any account in the left-hand pane, and the right-hand pane will include the settings for a signature. Thunderbird maintains signatures in the settings for each account. This will bring up an interface for adding, editing and managing multiple signatures. In Microsoft Office’s Outlook (2016 in this case), in File, Options, Mail, click on the Signatures… button. Just type your signature as you’d like it to appear at the end of every message you compose. In Options, under Writing, Formatting, Font and signature is an option to define the signature you’d like. While a keyboard macro or other shortcut is one way to do so, many email programs have the ability to set up a signature automatically. That’s the standard signature I place at the bottom of many of my emails. I have a keyboard macro that automatically types the following for me: Leo A. Sometimes, their signature even includes their name.
What’s a signature? It’s the title, company, phone number, fax number, email address, pithy quote, legal disclaimer, website URL, list of website URLs, call to action, and/or dashed line that many people put at the bottom of every message that they send.