NEAT TRICKS 241

OUTLOOK EXPRESS STATIONERY

INTRODUCTION
It's easy to spruce up your emails by sending messages on your own personal stationery.  Two easy ways to create stationary are found by searching Google using: outlook express lesson.

CREATING STATIONERY USING OUTLOOK EXPRESS 5  LESSON #1: THE BASICS
The above Google search produces this easy to follow lesson at the Web address: http://www.mailmsg.com/outlookstationarycreate01.htm.  Follow the easy to understand pictures and you will be able to manually create your own stationery with background, pictures and sound.

CREATING STATIONERY USING OUTLOOK EXPRESS 5 
LESSON #2: STATIONERY WIZARD
The same Google search also gives this Web address: http://www.mailmsg.com/outlookstationarycreate02.htm. Here the easy to understand pictures give you a wizard to help design your own stationary with background and pictures.

WHERE ARE STATIONERY FILES STORED?
Click Start + Search (or Find) > type stationery > press the Enter key > look for the yellow folder named Stationery.  It will probably be located at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared or something similar.  From My Computer, go to the indicated folder and you will notice that the stationery is stored in .JPG and .htm or .html files.

CONCLUSION
It's good to know both methods of creating stationery.  You probably won’t use stationery as a background for all of your emails.  However, it’s a good idea to create a few for special occasions.  Don’t forget, you can use your own pictures, backgrounds and sounds.

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