*Inserting Signatures into Emails*
This is the method I use to insert an animated signature or doll into Outlook Express emails:
Whilst it is a bit fiddly I will admit; it has the advantage that
once your signature(s) are installed in OE, a simple click will insert your sig every time:
or if you only have one you want to use all the time, you can make it the default sig,
and it will be added automatically to your emails for you.
Just check the box that says"Add signatures to all outgoing messages"
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Open your sig on your computer hard drive: Copy the URL "Path" on your computer exactly:
Then insert it into some HTML code* (as given below).
You save it as a .html file: BUT as a txt document.
Open Outlook Express and click on Tools: Options: Signatures.
In the Signatures dialog box: click new: click on file: (not text) and then browse.
Go and find your .html file, make sure it is set as a txt document and click Open. Then click Apply.
Check that it works by opening a new message, and click on Insert, and then Signature.
If it says signature#1, click on it, and if all is well, your sig should appear in your message.
If so, go back to Tools, Options, Signature, click on signature #1 and click Rename.
Name it as you choose, then click Apply. Repeat process for however many sigs you want.
I have the HTML code saved in Notepad and have a folder on my computer called "Text documents"
where I save anything I have copied to Notepad.
I just add the path to my sig, and change the height and width as required whenever I add new sigs:
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*HTML code required:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body bgcolor="white">
<img src="Insert the full path to your animated signature here"
width="Insert image width" height="Insert Image height">
</body>
</html>
Image height and width can be found by right clicking on your sig and scrolling down to properties.
Click on Summary, and you find the height and width given in pixels.
Just add this to your code.
The path is found in the address bar when you click on your sig on your pc.
Copy and paste this where shown in red. Save the new doc in notepad as mysig.html.
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Another method you can use which also works successfully is:
When you are sending a new email, make sure your cursor is in the main body of the message
and click on Insert on the tool bar of your new message.
Choose Picture, and browse to where your signatures are stored on your hard drive.
Double click on the one you want, (or click once on it and click open)
and your sig will appear in your message.
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Tutorial written by
Jewels Web Graphics
I use one all the time in Outlook Express. I just found these instructions using Google but the instructions I used to do mine were found at One Humans site. :)