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Tip of the Week: Create a signature in Outlook and Outlook Express
If you are manually typing in your name, company name, contact info, etc. at the bottom of an e-mail message, you should consider creating one or many signatures so that it is automated.
All e-mail programs support some form of a signature (search for "signature" in the Help section of your e-mail program) but here are the steps for Microsoft's most popular packages:
In Outlook:
1. Click on "Tools", then "Options", then on the "Mail Format" tab.
2. Click on the "Signatures" button, then on "New".
3. Type a name for the signature (like "Personal" or "Work") and then click on "Next".
4. In the large blank section, type the information you want to appear in each e-mail. When you are done, click "Finish".
5. Click "OK" to go back to the "Mail Format" page and change the settings to the desired signature for new messages and replies or forwards.
In Outlook Express:
1. Click on "Tools", then "Options", then on the "Signatures" tab.
2. Click on the "New" button to start your new signature.
3. Type the desired text for your new signature in the botto