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1 Signatures and Out of Office Messages When you send an from your LSBU account, you are representing LSBU. The way that you identify yourself, particularly to people outside of the organization is important. The LSBU Marketing UK Student Recruitment Department has put together a standard signature which all staff should use. There is an HTML template for systems that support graphics and a plain template for those that don t. All LSBU staff should use this template. This help sheet explains how you can enter the standard LSBU signature into Outlook and the Web versions of Outlook, so that it is entered automatically on all new s. The standard LSBU signature templates: -- Your Name Your job title (as shown in phonebook) HTML version Your department/faculty (e.g. Marketing and UK Student Recruitment) London South Bank University 103 Borough Road, London, SE1 0AA Tel: +44 (0) xxxx xxxxx No.1 modern university in the UK for graduate starting salaries Sunday Times University Guide 2011 Alternative messages that are placed here can be obtained from the Staff Gateway Plain version -- Your Name Your job title (as shown in phonebook) Your department/faculty (e.g. Marketing and UK Student Recruitment) London South Bank University 103 Borough Road, London, SE1 0AA Tel: +44 (0) xxxx xxxxx Web: lsbu.ac.uk You can get a copy of the standard LSBU signature by sending an to signature@lsbu.ac.uk. An automatic will be sent back immediately with a copy of the standard LSBU signature template for you to copy, paste and edit in Outlook. RK 2012 OSDT Page 1 of 5 Outlook Signatures

The LSBU Marketing UK Student Recruitment Department has put together a standard email signature which all staff should use.

Setting up your signature The signature will need to be set up in each LSBU system that you send emails from.

2 Setting up your signature The signature will need to be set up in each LSBU system that you send s from. This includes: Your office full version of Outlook (you may have Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010). Your home full version of Outlook (if you have the full version of Outlook installed at home). Any role based Outlook accounts that you manage. In Outlook Web Access or Outlook Web App (the versions of Outlook that you can access using a web browser). As part of any Out of Office messages that you have set up. Signatures are not automatically inserted into these, so the signature needs to be part of the message. Putting a signature into Outlook 2007 Use the Tools Menu and choose Options Click the Mail Format tab, then the Signatures button Click New to create a new signature, and give it a descriptive name. You can create different versions of the signature, one for all new messages and one for replies, for example. You can choose to have a signature added automatically to new messages and to replies and forwards. Paste in the signature template and edit it as required. The font should be Arial 10 point. If you use HTML s, the graphics can be included. You can use the hyperlink button to make your address clickable to launch a new . Out of Office Messages in Outlook 2007 Use the Tools Menu and choose Out of Office Assistant If you are connected latest Outlook Exchange server you will be able to create separate Out of Office messages for internal and external replies. If you have not been moved to the new server yet, there is just one Out of Office message. In either case, you should include your signature. This can be copied and pasted, but cannot include the graphics. RK 2012 OSDT Page 2 of 5 Outlook Signatures

Any role based Outlook email accounts that you manage. In Outlook Web Access or Outlook Web App (the versions of Outlook that you can access using a web browser).

Putting a signature into Outlook 2010 Create a new email, then on the Message tab, click the triangle beneath the Signature option and choose Signatures from the drop down menu.

You can choose to have a signature added automatically to new messages and to replies and forwards. Paste in the signature template and edit it as required. The font should be Arial 10 point.

3 Putting a signature into Outlook 2010 Create a new , then on the Message tab, click the triangle beneath the Signature option and choose Signatures from the drop down menu. Click New to create a new signature, and give it a descriptive name. You can create different versions of the signature, one for all new messages and one for replies, for example. You can choose to have a signature added automatically to new messages and to replies and forwards. Paste in the signature template and edit it as required. The font should be Arial 10 point. If you use HTML s, the graphics can be included. Out of Office Messages in Outlook 2010 Use the File Tab. On the Info section, click on Automatic Replies You can use the hyperlink button to make your address clickable to launch a new . If you are connected latest Outlook Exchange server you will be able to create separate Out of Office messages for internal and external replies. If you have not been moved to the new server yet, there is just one Out of Office message. In either case, you should include your signature. This can be copied and pasted, but cannot include the graphics. RK 2012 OSDT Page 3 of 5 Outlook Signatures

Putting a signature into Outlook Web Access (Outlook Web Access is what staff connected to the Outlook Exchange 2007 server use when they go to mail.lsbu.ac.

4 Putting a signature into Outlook Web Access (Outlook Web Access is what staff connected to the Outlook Exchange 2007 server use when they go to mail.lsbu.ac.uk) Click the Options button on the bottom left corner of the screen Under Messaging Options, click on the Edit Signature button Put in your signature. This can be copied and pasted, but cannot include the graphics. Finish with save and close. Out of Office Messages in Outlook Web Access Click the Options button on the bottom left corner of the screen Under Out of Office Assistant, add your Out of Office message that includes signature information Set to show that you are currently out of the office. Enter the text of the auto reply message and include the signature. The version of the signature without graphics should be used. This can be copied and pasted in. RK 2012 OSDT Page 4 of 5 Outlook Signatures

This can be copied and pasted, but cannot include the graphics. Finish with save and close.

5 Putting a signature into Outlook Web App (Outlook Web App is what staff connected to the Outlook Exchange 2010 server use when they go to mail.lsbu.ac.uk) On the top right of the Outlook Web App screen, click on Options From the drop down menu, choose See All Options From the list that shows on the left of the screen click Settings Put in your signature. This can be copied and pasted, but cannot include the graphics. Choose to automatically include the signature on messages. Out of Office Messages in Outlook Web App On the top right of the Outlook Web App screen, click on Options From the drop down menu, choose Set Automatic Replies You are able to create two out of office messages, one for internal and one for external correspondents. The version of the signature without graphics should be added. This can be copied and pasted in. RK 2012 OSDT Page 5 of 5 Outlook Signatures

signature. This can be copied and pasted, but cannot include the graphics. Choose to automatically include the signature on messages.

When you have decided what to include in your signature, you will need to open the signatures and stationery dialogue box:

When you have decided what to include in your signature, you will need to open the signatures and stationery dialogue box: Signatures An email signature is a block of information which is added to the bottom of an email to give the recipient information about the sender. It functions in a similar way to using headed paper