Outlook v15.20 - signature now has image embedded not a link

Anonymous
2016-03-08T09:10:13+00:00

This is a double post as I'm not sure that I posted in the OficeInsider area before.

This update seems to have screwed up my signature. Until now my signature had one image that was not embedded but a link. Now this behaviour seemed to have changed and the image is embedded in the message. Can we have the old behaviour restored?

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Anonymous
2018-02-26T18:25:59+00:00

Hi Kris,

I'll send it along now.

-Jesse

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-06-06T19:07:11+00:00

    Also having the same issues. Verified latest insider build 15.23 does not fix the issue. Mainly centered around images being embedded and not linked thus ruining any chance of 'retina' compatibility.  Font face and size do seem to be respected however. 

    We did make a fix for handling embedded vs. linked images in 15.23. Was this still in your signature?  I will send you a private message to get more details from you.

    Is anyone else still seeing linked images being embedded instead?

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-06-06T21:34:44+00:00

    I am too still having this same issue with 15.23.

    Font sizes being increased. Pasting an HTML signature in the signature editor results in huge text, huge embedded images, increased column width in tables. The workaround I use is to open the HTML in Safari, copy the signature into Word, manually edit the signature, copy the signature from Word and paste it into the signature editor.

    I have just now done some more testing, and I can reproduce the above with Safari every time.

    If I open the HTML signature in Chrome and copy and paste into the signature editor from there, the fonts and images seem loyal to the original. I, however, am not sure the images are not being embedded.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-06T21:48:22+00:00

    Linked images in signatures should no longer be embedded as of 15.23.  If that is not the case, then we will need to investigate specific scenarios.  We are still working on some image size copy/paste issues; in the meantime, you can re-size images after pasting them into the signature editor (drag the handles or right-click on the image to get more options).

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-06-06T22:32:59+00:00

    Thank you.  

    Resizing via the handles does not help.  The image is being displayed at the correct size.  The issue is that it is blurry rather than retaining a sharp image. The linked image size is roughly 2-3X larger than the display size (resized via html as you can see in original reply) to retain retina compatibility for mobile devices.  This does not seem to be happening in outlook 2016. 

    any eta on the image blurrynes that you mentioned was already being investigated? Until this is resolved we will be downgrading to our clients to 2011 as we are getting complaints that the signatures are not being displayed correctly.

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