Setting up a html email signature in Microsoft Entourage (Mac OS X)
Yes, you can add a custom signature to Entourage, it’s just not quite as straight forward as MS Outlook nor does Entourage allow direct HTML editing. Here are the steps:
1. Have each person in your organization who wants to create a personalized signature utilizing the custom signature design we made download the graphic file we provide to their local system (usually a .png file).
2. In Entourage go to: Tools -> Signatures -> New
3. Name your custom signature and type your contact info, you can use the basic HTML formatting tools displayed. A general fyi, the web safe fonts to use are Arial, Times New Roman, Helvetica, Verdana, and Trebuchet (we can use any font when I design a graphic of course). If you don’t use one of those fonts, you run an increased risk of the recipient not viewing your signature as you intended.
4. For some strange reason Microsoft decided not to give us an option to insert a photo in the signature window, so go back to the main menu and go:
Message -> Insert -> Picture
NOTE: If you happen to have an email open that you’re editing Entourage might decide to insert the picture there instead of your signature, so make sure all other Entourage windows are closed before doing this). Insert the custom signature graphic.
5. Close this window (which should save your signature, check in the list to make sure it’s there).
6. To set this signature up to insert automatically go to:
Tools -> Accounts
and double-click your email account to open its settings window. Select the 'Options' pane, and the first option is the signature to use on this account's messages by default. Select the signature you just created from the drop-down menu. To set the default mail format to HTML so you don't need to switch it on each time, go to the Entourage application preferences (Entourage menu; 'Preferences'). Select 'Compose' and in the 'General' section there are drop-down menus for the default format for mail and news messages. Set these to HTML.
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