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Q.How do I add Wedding days to my signature in Outlook Express --> Answer
Q.How do I remove my Wedding days from Outlook Express? --> Answer
Q.The Wedding days image isn't showing up in my Outlook Express mail, all I get is the text in a link. How do I get it to show up? --> Answer
Q.How do I create a signature in Outlook? --> Answer
Q.How do I create a signature in Outlook 2007? --> Answer
Q.How do I add a Wedding days to my Windows Mail? It is similar to Outlook. --> Answer
Q.Can I have two (or more) tickers in my email signature in Outlook? --> Answer
Q.In Outlook Express my Wedding days does not update, it stays on the same days. How do I get it to refresh? --> Answer
Q.When I try to install my HTML signature file, Outlook gives me the following error warning the signature file is not a valid text file the signature has been removed. How do I fix it? --> Answer
Q & A
Q.How do I add Wedding days to my signature in Outlook Express
AThis will depend on the email application you are using. Many email applications, like Outlook Express, allow you to install an HTML file as your signature.
See below for How to create an HTML signature file,
and then How to install a signature in Outlook Express 5 .
or How to install a signature file in Outlook
If you are using another email application you may need to check its Help to find out how to add a signature.
How to create an HTML signature file;
Open notepad and paste in the following Wedding HTML;
And then paste the Wedding Days HTML from the Create Wedding Days page between and so it looks like this;
Then save that file as "wedding_ticker.html" and you have a signature file.
NB Make sure you put in the quotes around "wedding_ticker.html" OR select All files from the Save as type drop-down underneath where you type in the file name. Otherwise notepad will save it as a text file.
How to install a Wedding signature in Outlook Express 5 Back to Top
Click on Tools in the menu bar, then select Options.
Click on the Signature tab, then click on the New button.
Check Add signatures to all outgoing messages if you want to include the Wedding ticker in all your emails.
Choose File and then click on the Browse button to navigate to where you have saved the signature file.
Make sure you select All from the Files of type drop-down on the Browse window or you won't see your new HTML file.
Click on the Open button. Which will take you back to the Signature window.
Then click on OK and your done.
How to install a signature file in Outlook
See below for How to create an HTML signature file,
and then How to install a signature in Outlook Express 5 .
or How to install a signature file in Outlook
If you are using another email application you may need to check its Help to find out how to add a signature.
How to create an HTML signature file;
Open notepad and paste in the following Wedding HTML;
And then paste the Wedding Days HTML from the Create Wedding Days page between and so it looks like this;
Then save that file as "wedding_ticker.html" and you have a signature file.
NB Make sure you put in the quotes around "wedding_ticker.html" OR select All files from the Save as type drop-down underneath where you type in the file name. Otherwise notepad will save it as a text file.
How to install a Wedding signature in Outlook Express 5 Back to Top
Click on Tools in the menu bar, then select Options.
Click on the Signature tab, then click on the New button.
Check Add signatures to all outgoing messages if you want to include the Wedding ticker in all your emails.
Choose File and then click on the Browse button to navigate to where you have saved the signature file.
Make sure you select All from the Files of type drop-down on the Browse window or you won't see your new HTML file.
Click on the Open button. Which will take you back to the Signature window.
Then click on OK and your done.
How to install a signature file in Outlook
- Choose Tools > Options and open the Mail Format tab in the Options dialog box
- Under Message Format / Compose in this message format / Select HTML
- Click on the Signature button to create a new signature.
- Enter a name for the new Signature (optional).
- Select Use this file as a template.
- Click on Browse button to navigate to where you saved the file.
- Click Next
- Click Finish
- In the Mail Format window select the new signature in the
Signature for new messages drop down. - Generaly for Signature for replies and forwards I would make it none, or have a seperate plain text signature.
When you reply to or forward mail messages they will be in the format of the original email. If you are replying to non-HTML mail the DaisyPath signature won't display properly unless you set the format for your reply every time. - OK out of the dialogue.
- Send yourself a test email to see if it worked.
Q.How do I remove my Wedding days from Outlook Express?
ATo remove your ticker from Outlook Express:
- Click on Tools in the menu bar, then select Options.
- Click on the Signature tab, select your Wedding days and click on the Remove button.
- Click on OK.
Q.The Wedding days image isn't showing up in my Outlook Express mail, all I get is the text in a link. How do I get it to show up?
AIf you have followed the instructions here for adding the Wedding days to your Outlook Email and it is still only showing up as a text or a hypertext link, you may need to change the format that you are sending and receiving emails.
To change the format for incoming messages:
To change the format for messages you send:
To change the format for incoming messages:
- Open Outlook Express
- Click on Tools in the menu bar
- Click on Options and then select the Read tab.
- About the 4th option down is Read all messages in plain text this needs to be unchecked for the Daisypath signature to display in your incoming emails.
To change the format for messages you send:
- Open Outlook Express
- Click on Tools in the menu bar
- Click on Options and then select the Send tab.
- Under Mail Sending Format select HTML for the Daisypath signature to display in the emails you send.
Q.How do I create a signature in Outlook?
ACreate an HTML signature file as per these instructions.
Then:
Then:
- Choose Tools > Options and open the Mail Format tab in the Options dialog box
- Under Message Format / Compose in this message format / Select HTML
- Click on the Signature button to create a new signature.
- Enter a name for the new Signature (optional).
- Select Use this file as a template.
- Click on Browse button to navigate to where you saved the file.
- Click Next
- Click Finish
- In the Mail Format window select the new signature in the
Signature for new messages drop down. - Generaly for Signature for replies and forwards I would make it none, or have a seperate plain text signature.
When you reply to or forward mail messages they will be in the format of the original email. If you are replying to non-HTML mail the Daisypath signature won't display properly unless you set the format for your reply every time. - OK out of the dialogue.
- Send yourself a test email to see if it worked.
Q.How do I create a signature in Outlook 2007?
ACreating an HTML signature in Outlook 2007 is no longer easy. You will need to be experienced at editing configuration settings. I can't make these directions any simpler, if you are unsure try asking a friend with more experience to help.
There is no option in Outlook 2007 to install a signature file, and you can't directly paste HTML into the Edit Signature dialogue as it will display as text not an image. What you can do is, place an HTML file directly into the Signature folder in your hidden Microsoft Application data.
When you create a signature in Outlook 2007 it creates 3 files (.htm, .txt and .rtf). You can replace the .htm file with your own html file.
To create a signature in Outlook 2007:
In a "Run" prompt (you will find "Run" in your start menu or by typing Windows Key+R),
C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures\
or
c:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Signatures You should see 3 files created for your signature. (daisypath.htm, daisypath.txt and daisypath.rtf) If you don't see the file extensions go to Tools / Folder Options / View and uncheck Hide extensions for known file types. Replace the HTML file created by Outlook:
Create an HTML file as per these instructions and use it replace the .htm file in your signature folder. Make sure you call it the same name as Outlook did eg. daisypath.htm To start using your new signature
- Go to Tools / Options / Mail Format.
- Click on Signatures.
- Click on New.
- Give your signature a name eg. daisypath.
- Click on OK
- You don't need to put anything into the signature, we are just doing it so that Outlook creates the files it needs. Click on OK and you are done.
- Close Outlook
In a "Run" prompt (you will find "Run" in your start menu or by typing Windows Key+R),
- for XP type %userprofile%\Application Data\Local\Microsoft\Signatures
- for Vista type %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Signatures
C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures\
or
c:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Signatures You should see 3 files created for your signature. (daisypath.htm, daisypath.txt and daisypath.rtf) If you don't see the file extensions go to Tools / Folder Options / View and uncheck Hide extensions for known file types. Replace the HTML file created by Outlook:
Create an HTML file as per these instructions and use it replace the .htm file in your signature folder. Make sure you call it the same name as Outlook did eg. daisypath.htm To start using your new signature
- Restart Outlook.
- Click on New
- Click on Signature and select your signature from the list. Your signature will now be added to your mail.
Q.How do I add a Wedding days to my Windows Mail? It is similar to Outlook.
AFor Windows Mail:
- Create an HTML signature file as per these instructions.
- Open Windows Mail.
- Select Tools from the File Menu, and click on Options.
- Click on the Signatures tab.
- Make sure the boxes next to Add signatures to all outgoing messages and Don't add signatures to Replies and Forwards are checked.
- Under Signatures click New.
- Under Edit Signature click the radio button next to File.
- Click Browse and find your Daisypath html.
- Click OK and you are done.
Q.Can I have two (or more) tickers in my email signature in Outlook?
AYes, follow the instructions for Creating an HTML signature file as appropriate for your email program. The only change is to place a line break tag
between the HTML code snippets, so that they sit one on top of each other rather than side by side.
For instance, for an Expecting a Baby announcement above an Anniversary announcement the HTML would look like this:
between the HTML code snippets, so that they sit one on top of each other rather than side by side.
For instance, for an Expecting a Baby announcement above an Anniversary announcement the HTML would look like this:
Q.In Outlook Express my Wedding days does not update, it stays on the same days. How do I get it to refresh?
AThis is usually caused by Outlook Express caching the Wedding days image. Outlook Express sends a copy of the image with the email when you send
it, depending on your Internet Connection settings it may just send an old copy of the image rather than getting the latest image from Daisypath.
Outlook Express shares the Internet Connection setting with Internet Explorer, as you will see if you to to Tools / Options / Connection in your Outlook Express. If you click on Change... then select the General tab, then Settings.. under Temporary Internet files you can see how often your browser is set to Check for new versions of stored pages.
I have mine set to Automatically, if you have this and your ticker image isn't updated you could try Every visit to the page.
By the way, you can get to the same dialogue box through IE by going to Tools / Internet Options etc.
Of course, all this is only based on my use of Outlook Express. If you need more advice you are probably better to check with Microsoft support.
Q.When I try to install my HTML signature file, Outlook gives me the following error warning the signature file is not a valid text file the signature has been removed. How do I fix it?
AThis might happen if you used a rich-text editor such as Word or Wordpad to create your HTML file. It is important that you use a plain-text editor such as Notepad because rich-text editors add a lot of redundant text that can break the HTML or make it too big to install as a signature.
Notepad comes standard with all installations of Windows, you will find it in your Start menu under Accessories or just click on Run in your Start menu and type in notepad. Then click on OK and it will start up.
The next thing to check is that you put quotes around the name of your signature file when you save it. eg. "wedding_ticker.html". Otherwise notepad will save it as a text file eg. wedding_ticker.html.txt and if you have "hide common file extensions" on in your Explorer settings (which is the default) it will show up in Explorer as wedding_ticker.html but Outlook will read it as a .txt file.
