What happened to my "Insert Signature" option?

[Rita Perdue]

Hi. I had to do a full recovery of my windows XP this past weekend and
reloaded my MS Office program. However, in my Outlook, I no longer have the
"Insert Signature" option in the INSERT dropdown menu. I had it before so I
could choose which emails to insert the signature into. Now it's gone. Can
someone tell me why? After re-installing the Office, I went immediately to
MS update to get the latest updates.
Thanks so much,
Rita Perdue

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

If you are using Word as your email editor (aka WordMail), you will not have an Insert | Signature command like the regular Outlook editor. If you want to be able to insert a signature into a WordMail message manually, you can create an AutoText entry for each signature. You can then insert them with the Insert | AutoText command.

Or, create multiple signatures the normal way (Tools | Options | Mail Format) and make one the default. If you want to use a different signature for the current message, right-click the signature that Outlook inserted automatically. From the pop-up menu, select either the name of the signature you want to use or E-mail Signature to create a new one. I personally prefer this technique. This is also the technique you need to use if you want Outlook 2003 to automatically change your signature when you switch accounts on an unsent message.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Bryon]

How do you change back to using outlook editor and have the insert signiture
command?
Thank you,
Bryon

 

[Julie N.]

Hi Sue

I had the same thing happen to me.

However, to complicate issues, I updated the auto text with my signature,
but for some reason when I go to auto text in Outlook, the new signature
isn't there - it doesn't seem to be picking up the changes from word.

Any ideas?

Tks
Julie N.

 

[wordthief]

To restore Outlook and get the 'Insert > Signiture >" option back; goto
"tools, options, mail format" and de-select the "use word to edit email"
checkbox.

Comment to Microsoft:
This feature change was done in a manor prone to cause frustration. Were
there programming complications? Oh well, that doesn't change that you get a
2.3 on a 1-10 customer service scale from me, in this case.

-> All I use for editing is 'spell check' so I don't need Word <-

 

[tasty220]

Thanks for your help...I asked the guys in our IT Department and they were no
help....You gave simple and helpful steps to get me exactly where I wanted
and to get exactly what I wanted......THANKS!!!!

 

[To restore Outlook and get the 'Insert > @discussi]

This worked beautifully. Thank you soo much. As soon as I de-selected the ms
word message in mail format signature came back to insert menu.

 

[Ray]

Thanks Wordthief. Simple and to the point. Your the man!

 

[Sigma Steve]

wow, so easy! Thanks for your help to get my Signatures back!