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Instructions on how to create an email signature in Outlook for Mac as well as set the signature active.
- Open Outlook.
- Select Outlook from the toolbar.
- Select Preferences.
- Select Signatures.
- Select the Plus Sign in the edit signature box to add a new signature.
- Enter a Signature Name.
- Enter the Signature Content.
- Select the Save Icon.
- Select the Red Circle to close the window.
- Select your Signature from the New Messages and Replies/Forward drop-down menus.
NOTE:You can have different signatures for each of these if so desired.
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Sep 08, 2017 Hand editing any of these files or database entries seems to cause Outlook to barf and delete the signatures - so copying them from another Mac and then renaming them does not seem to work (why?) My testing was done using the latest Insider Fast build of Outlook 2016 — 15.39 (170905) under macOS 10.12.6.
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You can create prepared text, called a signature, to include when you send email messages. For example, you can create one signature for your work email and another signature for your personal email.
Create signatures
- Follow these steps to change your Mac Mail signature (Also known as Apple Signature): Create your signature in the WiseStamp editor; Click “manage email clients” (Pro feature) and choose Mac Mail; Copy your signature (click it & press ctrl+C/ctrl+V) In Mac Mail, compose an email, click Mail Preferences, then click “Signatures”.
- You can change the default signature that automatically appends to every email you send. You can also update an existing email signature. Here's how: Change the default signature for all outgoing messages. On the Outlook menu, click Preferences.
- Open Outlook for Mac 2016. Once Outlook for Mac 2016 is open, select Outlook from the menu bar, then Preferences. Select Signatures under the Email section. When your Signatures window opens, click on the + (plus) icon to create a new signature and type a name for your email signature, hit enter.
- In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, then click Signatures.
- In the left column, select the email account where you want to use the signature.If All Signatures is selected when you create a signature, you’ll need to drag the new signature to an email account before you can use it.
- Click the Add button below the middle column.
- In the middle column, type a name for the signature.The name appears in the Signature pop-up menu when you write a message.
- In the right column (the preview), create your signature.You can use the Edit or Format menus in Mail to change the font or layout, turn text into links, or check spelling. To add an image, drag it into the preview area.
If you want your signature to appear after the original text of messages you reply to or forward, deselect the “Place signature above quoted text” checkbox.
Delete signatures
- In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, then click Signatures.
- Select a signature in the middle column, then click the Remove button .
When you delete a signature from All Signatures, it’s deleted from any account that uses it.
Automatically add a signature to emails
You can choose a signature to automatically add to messages you send.
- In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, then click Signatures.
- Select an account in the left column.
- Click the Choose Signature pop-up menu, then choose a signature.If you have more than one signature for an account, Mail can automatically alternate between them—choose At Random or In Sequential Order from the pop-up menu.
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If you want to stop having a signature automatically added to your messages, click the Choose Signature pop-up menu, then choose None.
Add a signature to emails yourself
- In the Mail app on your Mac, click the Signature pop-up menu in the message you’re writing.
- Choose a signature.If you don’t see an expected signature in the pop-up menu, choose Edit Signatures to open Signatures preferences and verify the signature is in the account.
Remove a signature from emails
- In the Mail app on your Mac, in a message you’re writing, click the Signature pop-up menu.
- Choose None.
Depending on how a recipient’s mail server handles signatures, your signature may appear as an attachment or image to the recipient.
If you use iCloud Drive on your Mac and other devices, your signatures are automatically updated and available on those devices. See Use iCloud Drive to store documents.
If you need to send a signed PDF document, you can use Markup in Mail to create a handwritten signature and add it to the document. You can also use the Preview app to fill out and sign PDF forms.