EMail Options - Format Text

Text Settings

Outlook Express has two options for the messages. Plain Text and Rich Text Format (RTF). The purests will always use the Plain Text as it is unlikely to hide any virus attachments but most of us like to use different fonts or settings in our personal mail.
To do this Click on Format - select Rich Text and at the top of the Message Box you will see the tool bar which is familiar within WORD. It allows you to change Font, Size Colour etc.

Default Font
You can also change the Default Font which will be selected everytime you start an EMail
Tools - Options - Compose

In this section you will note the standard fonts and sizes for Mail. These can be changed to your preference.

EMail Options-Signature

Creating an Email Signature in Outlook Express
To create an email signature, go to the Tools menu, from Outlook Express' main window, and click Options. On the Options dialog that opens, select the Signature tab.


From this tab, you will be able to create and manage email signatures for all email accounts you have setup in Outlook Express.

To create a new signature, click the New button under the section labeled Signatures.
A new email signature, labeled Signature # 1 - Default Signature will appear. Start by clicking Rename, to choose a more meaningful name.
Until you add more email signatures, a single signature will always be the "default signature". To create the signature text, which will appear at the bottom of your emails, simply type in the Edit Signature text box.

Manually Insert Your Email Signature in Outlook Express
Regardless of your Email Signature Settings, Outlook Express always lets you manually insert into emails a signature of your choice. To manually insert a signature, click the opened email's Insert menu, click the Signature sub-menu, and choose an email signature.
Tip: the "Signature" sub-menu is disabled unless your cursor is inside the email body.

Ctrl+Shift+S Insert an email signature