Set Up Signatures

Outlook Web App

This page provides information on how to set up your email signature in the Outlook Web App (OWA).

Note: Email signatures will need to be created in each application.

Setting up your signature
Creating a signature using the SFU signature
standard

Using a Desktop Application?

Managing Mail

Setting Up Your Signature

1. Click the gear icon in the top-right of the screen, then click Options.

2. On the left hand navigation pane, under Mail > Layout > Click Email Signature.

3. Select when you would like this signature to appear via the checkboxes.

4. Compose email signature in the text window. Click Save. Note that OWA only allows for one signature per account.

Creating a Signature Using the SFU Signature Standard

1. To create your signature following SFU's email signature standard, follow the steps outlined above to get to the signature composition window.

2. For the best results, use the SFU Horizontal Logo version of the SFU email signature by copying and pasting this into your signature composition window:

Official SFU email signature

Official SFU email signature with territorial acknowledgement

The fonts within your signature should be formatted as follows:

Your Name:

a. Font: Arial (PC) or Helvetica (Mac)
b. Font size: 10pt
c. Font weight: bold
d. Color: black

Your Title:

a. Font: Arial (PC) or Helvetica (Mac)
b. Font size: 10pt
c. Font weight: normal
d. Color: black

Location and Contact Information:

a. Font: Arial (PC) or Helvetica (Mac)
b. Font size: 10pt
c. Font weight: normal
d. Color: black
e. Use | to separate items

3. Edit the signature template with your information as needed, then click Save.

For more information regarding SFU's Email Signature Standard, please visit this page.

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