My mailing addresses and signature

6 May 2005 8:48 PM

Type 181 Registry

I have just recently installed Office 2003 and changed from OE to Outlook
and can see that Outlook is considerably more powerful. My dificulties are
finding the small things that were so easy in OE. I'm sure the answers are
in the help files but they are so huge that I can't find the answers or I
could be looking right at them and not recognizing them.

1. I have several email addresses I use and in OE all I have to do is click
on the "From:" line dropdown box and pick the one I want. In Outlook I
don't appear to even have a from line. I can go to Accounts and change my
default each time but that's a time consuming pain. I'm sure there is a
simple procedure but I just can't find it. Please how do I do this.

2. Also in OE when I want to manually change my signature all I had to do
was click on the "Insert" button on the tool bar and select the one I
wanted. Again, I'm sure there is a simple procedure in Outlook but I just
can't find it. Please how do I do this.

Thank you,

David

6 May 2005 9:39 PM

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

1) Look on the Outlook toolbar for a drop-down list labeled "Accounts"

2) WordMail does not include an Insert | Signature command like the regular Outlook editor. If you want to be able to insert a signature into a WordMail message manually, you can create an AutoText entry for each signature. You can then insert them with the Insert | AutoText command.

Or, create multiple signatures the normal way (Tools | Options | Mail Format) and make one the default. If you want to use a different signature for the current message, right-click the signature that Outlook inserted automatically. From the pop-up menu, select either the name of the signature you want to use or E-mail Signature to create a new one. I personally prefer this technique. This is also the technique you need to use if you want Outlook 2003 to automatically change your signature when you switch accounts on an unsent message.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
     Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
     http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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"Type 181 Registry" <i***@type181registry.com> wrote in message news:7_mdnZ6r1-2MRebfRVn-3Q@comcast.com...
>I have just recently installed Office 2003 and changed from OE to Outlook
> and can see that Outlook is considerably more powerful. My dificulties are
> finding the small things that were so easy in OE. I'm sure the answers are
> in the help files but they are so huge that I can't find the answers or I
> could be looking right at them and not recognizing them.
>
> 1. I have several email addresses I use and in OE all I have to do is click
> on the "From:" line dropdown box and pick the one I want. In Outlook I
> don't appear to even have a from line. I can go to Accounts and change my
> default each time but that's a time consuming pain. I'm sure there is a
> simple procedure but I just can't find it. Please how do I do this.
>
> 2. Also in OE when I want to manually change my signature all I had to do
> was click on the "Insert" button on the tool bar and select the one I
> wanted. Again, I'm sure there is a simple procedure in Outlook but I just
> can't find it. Please how do I do this.
>
> Thank you,
>
> David
>
>

9 May 2005 1:43 PM

Brian Tillman

Type 181 Registry <i***@type181registry.com> wrote:

> 1. I have several email addresses I use and in OE all I have to do
> is click on the "From:" line dropdown box and pick the one I want. In
> Outlook I don't appear to even have a from line. I can go to
> Accounts and change my default each time but that's a time consuming
> pain. I'm sure there is a simple procedure but I just can't find it.
> Please how do I do this.

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] <sue***@outlookcode.com> wrote:

> 1) Look on the Outlook toolbar for a drop-down list labeled "Accounts"

That would be the toolbar in the Compse window, however, not in the main
window that displays Inbox.

Type 181 Registry <i***@type181registry.com> wrote:

> 2. Also in OE when I want to manually change my signature all I had
> to do was click on the "Insert" button on the tool bar and select the
> one I wanted. Again, I'm sure there is a simple procedure in Outlook
> but I just can't find it. Please how do I do this.

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] <sue***@outlookcode.com> wrote:

> 2) WordMail does not include an Insert | Signature command like the
> regular Outlook editor. If you want to be able to insert a signature
> into a WordMail message manually, you can create an AutoText entry
> for each signature. You can then insert them with the Insert |
> AutoText command.

And if you're not using Word as the editor, but are using Outlook's built-in
editor, you can create multiple signatures and there will be a "Signature"
button that you can click on the Standard toolbar for the Compose WIndow
that will list all of your signatures, allowing you to choose the one you
want. You don't even have to define a default signature.

--
Brian Tillman