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Set Up Signatures

Outlook for Mac

This page provides information on how to set up your email signature in the Outlook 2016 for Mac desktop application.

Note that signatures do not sync between applications, and you will have to create your signature within each application that you use to access SFU Mail.
 
For information regarding SFU's email signature standard, please visit this page. 
 
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Setting up your email signature

1. Select Outlook in the Menu Bar at the top of the application, then select Preferences.

2. In the Preferences window, select Signatures.

3. In the Signatures window, press the + button to create a new signature.

4. Use the window that appears to create and format the signature. Click the save button at the top when finished, then close the window.

5. Change the title of the signature by double clicking the signature name on the left hand side. Click the Edit button to make changes to the selected signature. At the bottom of the window, select where you would like the signature to automatically appear.

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

Your Name
Your Title | Department
Simon Fraser University | Location
8888 University Dr., Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
T: 604.123.4567 | M: 604.123.4567 | website
Facebook | Twitter

Official SFU email signature with territorial acknowledgement

Your Name
Your Title | Department
Simon Fraser University | Location
8888 University Dr., Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
T: 604.123.4567 | M: 604.123.4567 | website
Facebook | Twitter

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.