Specify the default stationery for new messages

Setting the default stationery in Microsoft Outlook also sets the default stationery in Microsoft Word. If you want to use a theme as the default, set the default from Word. See Word Help for more information.

Show Set the default stationery for all new messages you create

From the main Outlook window, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Mail Format tab.
In the Compose in this message format list, click HTML.
In the Use this stationery by default list, click the stationery you want.

Show Specify a default stationery for one new message you create

On the Actions menu, point to New Mail Message Using, and then click the stationery you want to use.
If the stationery you want is not listed, click More Stationery, and in the Stationery list, click the one you want to use. For additional stationery available from the Web, click Get More Stationery.

Note These procedures are available only if you use HTML as your message format.