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Your Outlook signature appears in new messages, but disappears when you reply.

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The signature may already be saved; the missing piece can be

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its separate default for replies and forwards.

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We will inspect both defaults using a fictional coordinator signature,

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then check unsent drafts.

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No email needs to be sent.

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In Outlook.com and Outlook on the web, Microsoft documents Settings, Accounts, then Signatures.

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Open that page and select the account whose replies are missing the signature.

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Choose Add signature only if you need a new one.

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This lesson uses the web version, so do not substitute classic desktop Outlook controls.

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First find the signature you already use.

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The Jordan Lee practice signature shown here is fictional and belongs

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in a demo account or a temporary test that you will restore.

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Do not replace a real business signature just to follow this video.

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A saved signature is only the first checkpoint; it must also

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be assigned to the correct compose type.

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Look for two default choices: one for new messages and one

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for replies or forwards.

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Record the existing values before changing anything.

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Set the replies and forwards choice to the signature you actually want.

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In a dedicated demo account, our example uses Jordan Lee for both. Save the settings.

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A new-message default alone does not establish a reply default.

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Open a new message draft without entering a recipient.

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Check whether the fictional signature appears in the compose body. Leave it unsent.

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This confirms the new-message path only.

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It does not prove that a reply will use the same

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signature, even though both choices now show the practice name.

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If you already have a clearly fictional test email, open an

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unsent reply and inspect the signature.

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You can inspect an unsent forward too.

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If no safe test message exists, stop with the saved setting

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and mark reply insertion as unverified.

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Do not film or reply to personal mail just to complete the demo.

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New message signed but reply blank points to the replies and forwards default.

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Both blank calls for checking whether the signature was saved and

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assigned in the right account.

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After a fictional test in a real mailbox, restore the original

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defaults before leaving Outlook.

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Use the answer check to distinguish a configured setting from a

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signature visible in a draft. Nothing was sent.