Email Signature

How to set up your EICC email signature

In Outlook, click on the gear icon in the top right corner to open Settings.

Then click on Signatures from the Accounts menu, and click the blue + Add Signature button.

Screenshot of Outlook showing to click gear icon, Signature option and blue Add Signature button

This will open the Edit Signature window.

Screenshow of Outlook's Edit Signature window

Copy the following email signature template by selecting or highlighting the signature and clicking Ctrl + C to copy.

Your Name your/pronouns/option
Your Title
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges
101 West Third St., Davenport, Iowa
563-555-5555 | eicc.edu

Red stylized EI with Eastern Iowa Community Colleges in bold black text.

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges is an Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer.

Note: By copying and pasting the above template, you will be copying over the approved EICC logo and alternative text to meet digital accessibility requirements. If you do not copy and paste the image into the Edit Signature box, there will be no way to add the required alternative text to the image.

Then back in the Edit Signature window, with your cursor in the edit panel, click Ctrl + V to paste the template. You can then update the placeholder text to your name, title, campus location, phone number, and website link.

Screenshot of Outlook's Edit Signature window open with template pasted in text box and placeholder text underlined.

Name your signature in the Add a signature name box, check the Set default for new messages box, and click the blue Save button.

Screenshot of Outlook's Edit Signature window with Signature name, default checkbox, and Save button highlighted

You have completed the steps to setting up your branded EICC email signature.