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How To Add Signature Right After Reply In Entourage

March 12th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

By default, Microsoft Entourage automatically adds a signature at the very bottom of an email thread. I reply to dozens of emails every day and for a long time I used to cut the signature from the bottom and paste it to the correct place.

You might ask yourself how come I kept doing this. Very simple, I just could not find the right setting under the Preferences pane that would change the behavior. There is also no setting related to the positioning of the signature under the “Signatures”window to address this.

I finally found the time and did some online research and was able find the answer. I figured others could benefit from this tip as well. So, here it is. To get Entourage automatically add the signature at the top of the reply/forward, make sure you have the setting as in the screenshot below.

Alternatively, you could upgrade to Outlook which is a much better email client for Mac and is part of the new Office 2011, or use a webmail like Gmail.

Microsoft Entourage - adding signiture at top



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  • Bethsdyson

    Thanks for posting Jay!

    One more question… I would like to set a different auto signature when I reply to a message. I found a way to set this up in outlook, but can't figure it out in Entourage. Do you know how to accomplish this? Thanks!

  • http://www.meydad.com jaymeydad

    You can create several signatures but only one can be set as the default.

  • Cminsley

    So if you set a “main” signature you like to use at the beginning of every new email thread and you get a response to which you wish to reply, there is no way to have a “secondary” automatic signature on your replies only? If this is not possible, this is a major pain with Entourage that wasn't an issue in Outlook.

  • http://www.meydad.com jaymeydad

    As far as I know, there is no way to define a signiture for compose and a
    different one for reply.

    The closest thing to that is adding more than one signature to the pool of
    potentially used signatures by checking the “Random” checkbox next to each
    signature (accessed from Tools… Signatures). I am not sure how useful this
    feature is though.

  • Sarah Pikul

    Thank you for this! I have been searching the web and could not find an answer to this question anywhere. I greatly appreciate your efforts to dig deeper and share the knowledge!

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  • Natalie Wright

    Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I am a recently converted Mac person and this bug in Entourage has been driving me nuts! Today was breaking point, I finally decided to research and fix it (no help from Entourage help button)!!!. Your email was the best guidance of all! I have also had a giggle at all the replies below, and it's a relief to know that I am not the only one. Well done to everyone and most importantly Jay, who has just saved my Mac's life, I did consider throwing it out the window! Has anyone worked out how to delete the reply after the first instance (i.e. it is good to insert a signature on a new email, but if I am corresponding back and forwards with someone it is a pain to have it on every reply).

  • eva

    Thank you very much for this useful information!

  • Bhoconnor

    thanks so much, totally appreciate this–they do hide it huH? thanks again for taking the time to share it man!

  • Johnsamuel

    Thanks a lot, this is exactly what I am looking for

    Tanks again

  • http://twitter.com/Kindlevision Kindlevision

    Thanks Jay, After migrating from Mac Mail to Entourage this was really starting to bug me. Cheers!

  • Claire

    Awesome, you just made our day!

  • L.A.

    same here, thanks a bunch

  • Adam

    Mate, thanks very much for the tip re: signature at bottom of page. Very helpful. Cheers
    Adam (Australia)

  • Sze

    Thanks!

  • Steve

    Worked perfect. Thank you!

  • Donald7ng

    Many thanks! Was driving me nuts!!!

  • Dean

    A great help! Thanks

  • Olli

    Woahhh!! thanks very much for this. I was looking to fix this behavior for ages!!

  • Ncbanks

    Thanks so much!!

  • Anna_johnstone

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! This was frustrating the hell outta me! Oh so simply fixed with goodle and the kindness of strangers! :)

  • Juliand

    Hi Mate well done thanks heaps for posting the above advise. 

    Regards,

    Julian 

  • Devin422

    Needed this answer (though it’s 11 months after your post). Thanks!

  • Larn

    Thanks Giselle- could not find this anywhere!

  • Amanda Nelson

    Still helpful two years later. Thank you!

  • Tristram Hancey

    Amaaaaaaaazing! Thanks Giselle. 

  • BRIANNAWILKINS

    Thanks for posting this…I could not find this information anywhere….THANKS!

  • MarilynB

    Thank you!!!  I was getting frustrated with this.  TG for google!

  • Amber Dobecka

    you’re awesome! Thank you tons for making this so clear and simple!

  • Anonymous

    Huge help! Much appreciated!

  • Kimcmatt

    thank you!!!!

  • CP

    Thank you so much! This has been driving me crazy. 

  • Kickyang

    thanks very much. it is a good way

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