1 How To Add and Change Signatures in Outlook2 Extra: How to Make Your Own Business Cards in Word3 Extra: How to Enable Microsoft Office Dark Mode for Outlook
Though simply writing your name does the job, an email signature adds a degree of professionalism to your email while promoting your social media and other platforms. Today we’re going to be showing you how to add a signature in Outlook to achieve this, as well as how to change your signature in Outlook to a more professional one. Before we start with the tutorial, a word on what makes a good email signature in the first place: An email signature should convey useful, necessary information in a succinct and clear way. This information will typically include your full name, title, and company, as well as your social media links, contact information, and a logo or photo. Outlook signatures: What you should care about It’s important that your Outlook signature remains short – research shows that recipients will simply skip over a signature if it has too much information. However, you also want to strike a balance. Your signature should stand out from the body of your email without being too overpowering or appearing unprofessional. To aid in that last factor, it’s beneficial if the colors and branding of your email match that of your company. With that said, here’s how to create or change an email signature in Outlook desktop:
How To Add and Change Signatures in Outlook
Extra: How to Make Your Own Business Cards in Word
You can now start to change your signature in Outlook. First, right-click the image and choose “Change Picture > From a File…”.
Email signatures are often equated to digital business cards, but what if you want a non-digital one? Our existing guide will show you how to make your own business cards in Word so you can print them out and get sharing.
Extra: How to Enable Microsoft Office Dark Mode for Outlook
Meanwhile, you may want to follow our tutorial on how to enable Office dark mode so that you can see how your signature looks on a darker background. This also works for Word, allowing you to see how all the different templates display.
