Setting an Email Default Signature in the Outlook Desktop Application
Overview:
How to set your default email signature in the Outlook desktop app.Process Considerations:
- If you are transitioning to your new @wisconsin.edu email, you can open an email you've sent and then copy and paste your old email signature to use with your new mailbox.
To do this, copy the signature before starting these steps then paste on step 6.
Instructions
- Open the Outlook desktop app
- Click +New Email
- Make sure the Message tab in the ribbon is selected then click Signature > Signatures...
- Click New
- Give the signature a name then click OK
- In the Edit Signature section, either type or copy/paste your signature then click Save
- Repeat these steps to add additional signatures
- At the bottom of the signatures window, use the drop down to set your New Message and Replies/Forwards signature defaults.
- Click OK to save and close the window.
TIP: If transitioning to your new email, you may want to add a sentence above your signature to let everyone know your email address has changed.