OL2002: AutoSignature Uses the Format of the Received Message (291655)

SUMMARY

When you forward or reply to a message and insert an AutoSignature, your signature may appear in plain text format.

When you receive a message in Outlook 2002, the Outlook editor determines the format that is used when the message was composed, and uses this format to display the message. When you reply or forward the message, Outlook applies the same format. If the format is plain text, the format of the signature converts to plain text also.

MORE INFORMATION

Outlook allows you to create an AutoSignature in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Microsoft Outlook Rich Text, and plain text message formats. If you use either HTML or Outlook Rich Text as your default e-mail format, you can apply font and paragraph characteristics to your AutoSignature. If you use plain text as your default e-mail format, your AutoSignature uses the font that you chose to display when you compose and read plain text.

Use the following steps to apply a default e-mail message format:

On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Mail Format tab, click to select one of the formats in the Compose in this message format box in the Message Format section.

The AutoSignature that you create in Outlook is applied to messages that you compose with Microsoft Word 2002. You can also create an AutoSignature in Word to apply to your e-mail messages. To do this:

On the Actions menu, point to New Message Using, and then click Microsoft Word (Rich Text).
On the untitled message Tools menu, click Options.
On the General tab, click the E-mail Options button.
On the E-mail Signature tab, type the title of your new signature, and then create your e-mail signature (applying the format that you want).
Click Add to add the new signature to the list.
Click either Yes or No when you receive the following prompt:
Do you want to make this your e-mail signature for all messages
Click OK twice.