Email extras you might want to try

Stationary ThemesSignature Files

Copyright Gary Maunder, 2003Nipawin School Division No.61, Box 2044 Nipawin, SK

Extras you might want to try – Stationary Themes All the basics have

been covered so far – now for some extras

You may wish to have your signature automatically added to the bottom of each message

Or you may wish to use some different stationary looks to your email

To do this you should go to the TOOLS and choose the OPTIONS choice.

Extras you might want to try – Stationary Themes

Next choose the Mail Format tab.

Place a tick mark in the”Use Microsoft Word to edit e-mail messages”

Choose HTML as your message format

Click OK when you are done.

Extras you might want to try – Stationary Themes

Now you should be back to your Inbox, so start up a New Message by clicking on the New button

Microsoft Word will now start up automatically and will be waiting for your email message

Go to the TOOLS menu and choose the Options choice, to set some properties

Extras you might want to try – Stationary Themes Now you

must go to the TOOLS menu yet again

Then choose the OPTIONS choice and the General tab

Then click on the E-mail Options button

Extras you might want to try – Stationary Themes Choose

the Personal Stationary tab

Then click on the Theme button

Extras you might want to try – Stationary Themes Try out the

choices by clicking on them and a preview will show up in the right hand pane.

Don’t click OK just yet

Click instead on the E-mail signature tab

Extras you might want to try – Signature Files Under the

heading “Create your E-mail signature” type in your signature as you would like it to appear

You can change the font, color, and alignment just as you would in a word processor

Extras you might want to try – Signature Files If you want to

add a link to a website, you highlight the link by dragging across it with the mouse

Then click on the link button as in the example on the right

NOW click on the OK button

Extras you might want to try – Signature Files When you return

to the Word screen you left nothing will have changed

Don’t be disappointed, close out that message and start up a new one.

It will include all the new formatting including your signature

Extras you might want to try

Test yourself:Start up a new messageSet up your stationary with a new

themeAdd a signature file that includes a

website in it.Send the message to yourself to

see how it looks