How do we keep formatting when pasting into new signature

Anonymous
2024-01-24T19:48:29+00:00

We are not yet in a directory environment, so use a copy/paste from a Word template or an older sent email to create signatures. When I try to paste a well formatted signature into the signature block (Accounts/Signatures) for New Outlook, there is no way to remember formatting when pasting. Ctrl+V does not keep the font, hyperlinks or graphic. The only easy way I've found to recreate it is to start in the older version of Outlook, create the signature and then switch to the new version. How can we easily do this right in the new version?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-23T11:31:43+00:00

    What the hell Microsoft, pictures in signatures will not work with Strg+V still. It is now 23.08.2024!!! Is development of new Outlook 4 months on annual leave???? Pls fix this ASAP.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-11T09:04:12+00:00

    Looks like that's the issue resolved,

    I logged in this morning to see this updated tip and pasting the new signature didn't cause any issues.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-01T17:13:06+00:00

    None of the suggestions in this thread worked for me. That "new" signature edit dialog is about as primitive as it gets! I felt like I was stepping back into 2007.

    C'mon Microsoft. Do better.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-26T11:38:05+00:00

    Felt the need to also jump in on this thread, because the fact it's this much of a struggle to sort out an email signature is unreal, made new branded email signatures for the company I design for in the old Outlook that worked with no issue.

    For those that use new Outlook it seems that no matter what I do nothing works, copy + paste doesn't work unless it's from Outlook -> Outlook (then of course you have the formatting issues, impossible to work around if you're designing signatures for 20+ people), drag and drop is only a temporary fix, after a while it seems that the images you place just phase out of existence and you're left with alt text.

    Image below is taken from the same email thread not even 30 minutes apart, I initially thought this was an issue due to the email thread length, compressing the images to alt text so it loads quicker, but others have experienced the exact same thing sending one to one emails where images in the email signature suddenly disappear.

    This also in turn seems to impact the actual saved signature itself, so the images remain missing in new emails.
    https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/334551de-2d3c-4ab8-9c20-168eb3f7950d?platform=QnA&fud_access=wJJIheezUklbAN2ppeDns8cDNpYs3nCYjgitr%2BfFBh2dqlqMuW7np3F6Utp%2FKMltnRRYFtVjOMO5tpbpW9UyRAwvLeec5emAPixgq9ta07Dgnp2aq5eJbnfd%2FU3qhn54q2bg8c4TjeoFR9DL5%2BljRYoREqvHlca9fqCv5EiwoucW%2B1JxJlj1qKefuM73pK1JFwXFmaN51kScIQbU3eR9pmbyMAj0IR%2F2VGBddE5z3Oo6Wi3tx3HUx%2BRdi%2BSerWx8DaQHAUy0eeD%2BKTztus1OLq%2FPP8hX2YJvzzyzTBGW5qfNFIEuReYwr3s%2B%2BtQQdz7EwxRmjFZOTFbbUmRrpq1wGHGO%2F8OCsDD8BQCloAX9OoSowK2hUkFvGlE60QVODckIVVFgicW8pCnIios8wQXAt%2BzNc27%2Bi7AKEAyKJmsHPAk%3Dhttps://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/7f7812f2-d3ce-4bd9-80e4-3fd3ef37db01?platform=QnA

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-26T05:12:43+00:00

    Microsoft, please can you acknowledge these requests and respond?

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