Create Microsoft Outlook email signature with hyperlink in InDesign

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May 5, 2020
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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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charlila

Participant

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

Community Expert

Ask a Microsoft forum for the best answer.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

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.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Ashutosh_Mishra

Inspiring

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-abdf-444e-b5b7-a61821dff034 to know how to create signatures on outlook.

Hope it explains it well.

Regards,

Ashutosh