Outlook 2000 - signature template issue

tumoit · Jan 28, 2007

I created a .html file to use as a signature template.

The template has been created using Arial font. When you preview the signature in the "create signature" screen it looks fine, if you click to edit it, it looks fine. As soon as I click "new" to a new message and it appears that it changes the font to Times New Roman. I can see no reason as to why this happens and can't find a resolution.

The signature template works with no issue on Outlook 2003.

Any feedback appreciated

ASG0856 · Jan 29, 2007

does checking
'Options',
'Mail Format',
'Fonts'
'Use the font specified specified in the staionary (if specified) 'Radio button', work

tumoit · Jan 29, 2007

Currently it was set to none for stationary.

If I choose to a stationary item, then remove all its contects (e.g. background), then select the option you said above it does actually use arial as the font.

part way solved the issue, it still doesn't manage the font properly though, they are too big, none of the colours work and it can't recignise bold + italic.

if you have any more ideas would be appreciated.

The only thing I can think of is the scipting used by Dreamweaver to manage fonts and colours is causing the issue, but it does seem strange that it looks perfect in the preview, just when you open a new message that it stuffs up.

ASG0856 · Jan 30, 2007

The following code provides a signature where the Name, Post, Office and Telephone all slide in from the right

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>

<META content="MSHTML 5.50.4728.2300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=710263909-30012007>Ann,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=710263909-30012007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=710263909-30012007>Message Text</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=710263909-30012007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=710263909-30012007>Message Text</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=710263909-30012007>Message Text</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
Important bit starts here
[red]<P><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#008080 size=3><B>
<MARQUEE scrollAmount=2 direction=down behavior=slide loop=1 height=18><SPAN
class=798492515-05072005>Name Here</SPAN></MARQUEE></B></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Century Gothic" color=#800000 size=2>
<MARQUEE style="WIDTH: 185px; HEIGHT: 18px" scrollAmount=10 behavior=slide
loop=1 width=185 height=18>MI RS 7</MARQUEE></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Century Gothic" color=#800080 size=2>
<MARQUEE style="WIDTH: 212px; HEIGHT: 18px" scrollAmount=2 direction=up
behavior=slide loop=1 width=212 height=18>Address Here</MARQUEE></FONT><BR><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000080 size=2>
<MARQUEE style="WIDTH: 49px; HEIGHT: 18px" scrollAmount=10 direction=right
behavior=slide loop=1 width=49 height=18>Ext 6706</MARQUEE></FONT></P>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
</BODY>
</HTML>[/Red]

jhaith · Feb 5, 2007

Don't have an Outlook 2k system handy so I'm not sure on the options you'd need to check. You mentioned Dreamweaver, did you use this to create the .html signature you are using?

-jhaith

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