Creating a New Signature
Follow these steps to enter a new signature for your mail messages in Outlook:
- On the Mail Format tab, click Signatures.
- The Signatures and Stationery window appears. To create a new signature, click New... The New Signature dialog box appears.
- Enter an appropriate name for your signature so you can easily recognize it later, then click OK. Enter your signature text.

- Click OK twice to close the open dialog boxes.
Creating and Using Multiple Signature Files
Outlook allows you to set one default signature for new messages and another, different default signature for replies and forwards. You may also create as many other signature files as you want and select them when composing a new message. To set different signatures to be used for new messages or replies, follow these steps:
- First, follow steps to create multiple mail signature(s).
- Select Tools > Options. The Options dialog box appears.
- Select the Mail Format tab.
- Click Signatures... The Signatures and Stationery dialog box appears.
- In New Messages or Replies/forwards, select the signature you want to use for each of these actions from the pull down menus.

If you'd like to set a different signature while writing a new message:
- Select File > New > Mail Message.
Note: If the "From" field on the message is not already displayed, select Options> Show From.

- Select Insert > Signature and select the signature you'd like to use for this message.

Last Updated: 8/21/07