Add an Image to Your Windows Mail or Outlook Express Signature
To insert a graphic, possibly animated, into your email signature in Windows Mail or Outlook Express:
- ›› Step by Step Screenshot Walkthrough (using Outlook Express)
- Start with an empty message using rich HTML formatting in Windows Mail or Outlook Express.
- Design your signature using the formatting tools.
- Insert the picture or animation where desired.
- You can link the image to a web site.
- Go to the Source tab.
- Highlight the code between <BODY> and </BODY>.
- Select Edit | Copy from the menu.
- Open Notepad.
- Select Edit | Paste from the menu.
- Use File | Save to save the signature to a file called "signature.html" in your My Documents folder.
- Select Tools | Options... from the menu in Windows Mail or Outlook Express.
- Go to the Signatures tab.
- Click New.
- Make sure File is selected under Edit Signature.
- Use the Browse... button to open the "signature.html" file just created.
- Click OK.
- Test your new signature.
Add a Graphic by Hand
You can also add an image to your signature on a more direct route by creating the necessary HTML code directly:
- Create a signature using HTML formatting in Windows Mail or Outlook Express.
- Edit the signature's .html file to include '<img src="{path to your animated gif}" />' (without the outer, but including the inner set of quotation marks) where you want to place the animation.
- Of course, you can use all the <img /> XHTML tag's attributes and
- use Outlook Express itself to easily create the necessary HTML code by inserting an image while composing your richly formatted signature.
- Make sure the signature animation is sent together with the emails you send.
