Outlook: create signature

In Outlook you can create signatures to automatically insert recurring text modules. In business, for example, it is customary to sign your message with your name, company, telephone, email and address. Typing all of the text each time is pretty tedious. Below we show you how to create such a signature with Outlook 2010.

Set up an Outlook signature

To create a signature in Office 2007 or 2010, do the following.

1. Write a [new email].
2. Open the [Message] tab and then click on [Signature]. Under [Signatures] you create a new email signature.
3. Click on [New] and give your new signature a meaningful name, eg private address or business.
4. You can enter and format the desired text in the "Edit signature" field.

To use the email signature, simply click on the [Message] tab for a new email. You can then select a mail signature under [Signature].

Create Outlook signature using options

You can also create signatures using the Outlook options.

1. To do this, go to [File] in the Outlook ribbon at the top.
2. There you will see the entry [Options] in the left column.
3. In the Outlook Options menu, click on the second entry from the top on the left: [E-Mail].
4. Now you can see the line with the button [Signatures] on the right in the upper third of the window - cf. Screenshot.

The instructions refer to Microsoft Outlook 2007 and 2010.