Create Microsoft Outlook email signature with hyperlink in InDesign

[JFTaylor]

I created an email signature in inDesign with hyperlinks to my website and Facebook and LinkedIn accounts.  Everything worked beautifully in the pdf.  However, nothing worked when I imported the pdf into Outlook to create an email signature.  Any suggestions???

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[BobLevine]

Create the signature in Outlook.

[Ashutosh_Mishra]

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. I agree with Bob's response.

You can export your file as JPEG or PNG and then import as signature in Outlook. I have attached a screenshot of the supported formats in Outlook as well:

The disadvantage will be that the hyperlinks you've added won't work at all as it'll be an image file. I'd request following instructions on this Microsoft article https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-and-add-an-email-signature-in-outlook-com-776d9006-a... to know how to create signatures on outlook.

Hope it explains it well.

Regards,

Ashutosh

[Caroline.Kaup]

So can I assume, that this has not been updated since the last response?

You still can't upload an image as your signature to Outlook, which includes multiple hyperlinks?

[BobLevine]

This still has absolutely nothing with InDesign. Do it in Outlook.

[Caroline.Kaup]

The whole point should be that I can design it in InDesign and import it as a whole with multiple links, instead of importing each element separately and then linking it. But understood, it's still not possible. 

[BobLevine]

The fact that you have a hammer does not turn the entire world into a nail. You need a toolbox with more than one tool. InDesign is a page layout application at its heart.

It's capable of other things but to think of it as an all-in-one tool is going to leave you very disappointed.

[Caroline.Kaup]

Very helpful, thank you. 

[Natalia37440119pfkk]

Is there a way that you know of to create one image with hyperlinks as an email signature in Outlook? Or is there another "tool" you would suggest for this?

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

There is almost no way to create "an image with hyperlinks" that is portable between applications. An image is an image, and can be created a dozen ways and displayed by a dozen different apps on any given system. Hyperlinks are a function of the app displaying it, though. They are dependent on whether the app supports links (web browser, email client, sometimes e-book reader) or doesn't (MS Paint or any 'gallery' app).

So you can create your signature or other banner image in anything, even InDesign, although it's not really an optimal tool for small raster image creation. But you'll have to build the links etc. in Outlook.

[John Waller]

What @James Gifford—NitroPress  said.

Keep in mind that images are often blocked by default by email platforms.

If it's a HTML environment (formatting supported), you can manually download them.

If it's a text-only environment, images are not supported.

Or is there another "tool" you would suggest for this?

Outlook - for a reliable, cross-platform signature which will work in any email environment.

Email signatures are function before form.

[BobLevine]

I'm curious...were the earlier responses somehow unclear? If you need an Outlook signature, create it in Outlook.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

As mentioned a couple of times--create it in Outlook. 

Your best bet would be to create a Busness Card on your profile in Outlook. You can include multiple hyperlinks and a photo.

Microsoft help: https://tinyurl.com/25h57ywh

Any image you bring into a signature can only have one hyperlink.

[charlila]

I see many people saying; make it in outlook. 

Now I have the same issue as original person.

Outlook says to make a signature in MF WORD! well this is a big fail since everything will constantly adjust by sending the item. This should be able right??

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

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