Hi,

I want to add a bit of fun to my Outlook Express signature ie. like a .gif
file or glitter text. From looking at suggestions on the internet I believe
there is a way to do it but I'm not very technically minded and I find it
quite hard to understand the instructions. It doesn't help when there are
several different procedures explained as to how this can be achieved.

Can anyone guide me on how to do this, but PLEASE, list them in simple to
understand terms?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks - Jay

This is about as understandable as I can be.

Note: HTML Signatures must be less than 4KB.

Open a New Message window and create your signature. (Insert graphic &
text). Click the Source Tab. (View | Source Edit if not already checked).
Highlight the entire source code and copy / paste into Notepad. File | Save
As and in the File Name field, save as an htm file, (i.e. Sig1.htm). It will
be saved to My Documents by default. Go to Tools | Options | Signatures.
Click: File | Browse and Insert your saved signature | Apply. You can rename
it now if you wish.

Of course, if the recipient is reading in Plain Text, they won't see it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Jay" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I want to add a bit of fun to my Outlook Express signature ie. like a .gif
file or glitter text. From looking at suggestions on the internet I
believe
there is a way to do it but I'm not very technically minded and I find it
quite hard to understand the instructions. It doesn't help when there are
several different procedures explained as to how this can be achieved.

Can anyone guide me on how to do this, but PLEASE, list them in simple to
understand terms?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks - Jay

In addition to Bruce's notes, if you want animation, you would typically
use a Animated GIF.

To create one, you would need special software. An animated GIF
actually contains multiple images, perhaps a dozen or more, that are
automatically displayed one after another like a slide show.

Or you may find a suitable animated GIF on the Internet. A lot less
work. For examples, see:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=animated+gif

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Jay" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I want to add a bit of fun to my Outlook Express signature ie. like a
.gif
file or glitter text. From looking at suggestions on the internet I
believe
there is a way to do it but I'm not very technically minded and I
find it
quite hard to understand the instructions. It doesn't help when there
are
several different procedures explained as to how this can be achieved.

Can anyone guide me on how to do this, but PLEASE, list them in simple
to
understand terms?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks - Jay