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 Introduction

Read all about how to connect your favorite email program to the signature(s) that Quotes generates.
 

 Outlook express 5
  • On the Tools menu, click Options.
  • On the Signatures tab, click New.
  • In the signature settings check 'add signatures to all outgoing messages'.
  • In the signature settings you can connect a signature file to all outgoing messages by checking File and clicking Browse.
  • Select the active signature file created by Quotes.

Notes:
If you do not know which is your active signature file created by Quotes click here.
 

 Outlook express 4
  • On the Tools menu, click Stationery.
  • On the Mail tab, click Signature.
  • In the signature window you can select a signature file to all outgoing messages by clicking Browse.
  • Select the active signature file created by Quotes.

Notes:
If you do not know which is your active signature file created by Quotes click here.
 

 Outlook 2000
  • Click Inbox.
  • On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Mail Format tab.
  • Then click on Signature Picker
  • Choose  NEW and enter the name of your signature
  • Enter the word JUNK  into the text area (this will be overwritten by the QUOTES program) and then click OK.
  • Decide for yourself if you want the checkbox unchecked beside the option  Don't Use When Replying or Forwarding and then click OK.
  • Outlook has just saved THREE files for your signature.  There is a TEXT file (Junk.txt) , a Rich Text File (Junk.rtf), and an HTML file (Junk.htm).   Outlook 2001 uses the file best associated with the type of email the signature is called for.  When sending a text message to a newsgroup, for example, it calls for Junk.txt; when you are sending an HTML email message, it grabs Junk.htm
  • These are saved in the location: 'c:\%windows directory%\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures\ ' , using  the same name as the one you entered.
  • You must now OVERWRITE each of the new files with a file created by Quotes so that the insertion marker is put into the three files.
  • In the system tray click on the Q of Quotes.
  • On the Quotes menu, click Change Signature.
  • Make the signature contain whatever text you want, being sure to INSERT the quote marker. 
  • On the file menu click, Save as  and navigate to the new files in the location as described above, ie: C:\windows\application data\microsoft\signatures\junk , and choose the file type as Rich Text File(rtf).   
    DO NOT IN ANY CASE TYPE THE EXTENSION AFTER THE FILENAME. 
    Quotes will(must) insert it for you.  When asked if you want to overwrite the existing junk.rtf, answer YES.      Repeat the "save as" steps for file types  "text" and "html" so that you overwrite all three of the files that Outlook 2001 created.   Never type the extension, and always choose to overwrite the existing file.
  • Windows 2000 users be aware that your signatures are stored in a different directory: 'C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures'. This directory is hidden by default. Go to windows explorer and right mouse click the directory, now uncheck the hidden attribute.
  • Quotes is now ready to be used.

Notes:
If you use Word as your email editor no signature can be selected, in stead you select a word template. Quotes cannot attach to this template file because it is in binary format. Of course the Quotes executable can be used as an automation object, Word macro users can ask me for information how to include Quotes in a macro (qliner@qliner.com).
  

 Outlook 98
  • Click Inbox.
  • On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Mail Format tab.
  • In the Send in this message format box, click the e-mail editor you want to use the signature with.
  • Click Signature Picker, and then click New.
  • In the Enter a name * for your new signature box, enter a name.
  • Under Choose how to create your signature, select whether to start from scratch or use an existing signature.
  • To select a file to base your signature on, click Use this file as a template and click Browse to select your Quotes signature file.
  • Click Next.
  • In the Signature text box, type the text you want to include in the signature. You can also paste text to the Signature text box from by selecting Add signature to Clipboard from the Quotes menu.
  • Outlook will automatically generate a richt text font file in the following directory:
    1. 'c:\%windows directory%\Profiles\%logged_on_windowsuser%\Application
    Data\Microsoft\Shared\Signatures\%* Signature name%.rtf'.

    or if you are the only window user on your PC
    2. 'c:\%windows directory%\Application
    Data\Microsoft\Shared\Signatures\%* Signature name%.rtf'.
    This name is the same as the one you entered.
  • In the system tray click on the Q of Quotes.
  • On the Quotes menu, click Change Signature.
  • On the file menu click, Save as. Overwrite the Outlook rtf file in the windows directory, make sure you save the file in the rtf format.

Notes:
To change the paragraph or font format, select the text, click Font or Paragraph, and then select the options you want. These options are not available if you use plain text as your e-mail editor.
If you use Word as your email editor no signature can be selected, in stead you select a word template. Quotes cannot attach to this template file because it is in binary format. Of course the Quotes executable can be used as an automation object, Word macro users can ask me for information how to include Quotes in a macro (qliner@qliner.com).
 

 Outlook 97
  • Click Inbox.
  • On the Tools menu, click AutoSignature.
  • To automatically add the AutoSignature to messages you create, select the Add this signature to the end of new messages check box.
  • Outlook will automatically generate a richt text font file in the windows directory named '%Your Profilename%.rtf' (default profilename = 'Microsoft Outlook')
  • In the system tray click on the Q of Quotes.
  • On the Quotes menu, click Change Signature.
  • On the file menu click, Save as. Overwrite the Outlook rtf file in the windows directory, make sure you save the file in the rtf format.

Notes:
To automatically add the AutoSignature to messages you reply to or forward, clear the Don't add this signature to replies or forwarded messages check box.
If you don't select an option to automatically add the AutoSignature to messages, you can still use the AutoSignature you create. In the text box of any open item except a note, click where you want to insert the AutoSignature. On the Insert menu, click AutoSignature.

To automatically add the AutoSignature to messages you reply to or forward, clear the Don't add this signature to replies or forwarded messages check box.
If you don't select an option to automatically add the AutoSignature to messages, you can still use the AutoSignature you create. In the text box of any open item except a note, click where you want to insert the AutoSignature. On the Insert menu, click AutoSignature.

To automatically add the AutoSignature to messages you reply to or forward, clear the Don't add this signature to replies or forwarded messages check box.
If you don't select an option to automatically add the AutoSignature to messages, you can still use the AutoSignature you create. In the text box of any open item except a note, click where you want to insert the AutoSignature. On the Insert menu, click AutoSignature.
 
 

 Netscape messenger
This works for all versions of Netscape messenger.
  • On the edit menu click preferences.
  • In the tree select mail & newsgroups.
  • By identity click choose.
  • Select the active signature file created by Quotes.

Notes:
If you do not know which is your active signature file created by Quotes click here.
 

 Eudora
This works for all versions of Eudora.
  • On the tools menu you can make a signature file.
  • On the file menu click Save to save this file. It will be saved in the sigs directory from your eudora directory as 'standard.txt'.
  • In the system tray click on the Q of Quotes.
  • On the Quotes menu, click Change Signature.
  • On the file menu click, Save as. Overwrite the Eudora 'standard.txt' file in the sigs directory.

Note: Your signature is not displayed in the Eudora message window, but is added to the end of the message when it is sent. You can test Quotes by sending mail to yourself.