You can insert a custom signature merge variable into your emails. This way, you do not have to copy and paste your signature every time you want to include it in an email. Once set, you can set it to be automatically attached to any email that includes the custom signature merge variable.
This article will detail how to create, add, and preview custom signatures in emails.
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Regarding Signature Creation
Certain external websites offer free services that generate HTML for use with custom email signatures.
Be aware that Constant Contact is not responsible for the content of these websites. Use their services at your discretion.
Creating Custom Signatures: Signature Designer
You can utilize the Lead Gen & CRM platform's Signature Designer to create custom signatures that appear at the end of your sent emails.
The Signature Designer is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get text editor, and it provides a simple, effective way of producing signatures.
To create custom signatures using the Signature Designer, start from Settings in the left toolbar.
- Under My Account in the left panel, click User Email Settings.
- Click the Custom Email Signature tab.
- Click
Text Editor in the Signature Designer toolbar and utilize the available features of the Signature Designer to create or edit your email signature in the Custom Email Signature text box.
Note: When adding images, you cannot modify the image size or dimensions in the Signature Designer. Image sizes are static and dependent on the hosted image itself. Modify the size of the image with an external image editor before adding it into the signature. - Click Save.
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Signature Designer Toolbar
The available features in the Signature Designer toolbar are as follows:
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Undo |
Reverses the last action. |
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Redo |
Restores an undone action. |
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Font |
The available list of fonts that text can be set as. |
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Font Size |
The available list of font sizes that text can be set as. |
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Bold |
Bolds selected text or text entered after the cursor. |
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Italics |
Italicizes selected text or text entered after the cursor. |
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Underline |
Underlines selected text or text entered after the cursor. |
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Text Color |
Modifies the selected text to appear as a specified color. |
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Justification |
Sets the justification of the specified content. Justification determines how content appears on a given line. Content can be set to appear on the left, right, or center of a content block. |
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Link |
Adds a clickable link. When added to selected text, the text |
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Image |
Adds an image from a hosted URL at the cursor. |
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Creating Custom Signatures: HTML
You can use the Signature Designer if you would prefer to create a custom signature by coding it with HTML.
To create custom email signatures in the Signature Designer using HTML, start from Settings in the top toolbar.
- Under My Account in the left panel, click User Email Settings.
- Click the Custom Email Signature tab.
- Click
Edit Code in the Signature Designer toolbar and enter the HTML of the signature in the Custom Email Signature text box.
Note: The Enter key on the keyboard does not function in HTML code the same way that it does in a word processor. To add empty lines of space between sentences, you will need to utilize<br>
and<p>
tags. - Click Save.
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The custom signature will be displayed in the Text Editor. It will update as content is modified.
When using custom signatures, use <id>
and <class>
tags, and not just <element>
tags. This is due to that, when customizing a signature, using tag names in the styling will affect any elements below the signature if those elements do not have their own inline styling to overwrite it.
Adding Custom Signatures to Emails
Once you have created a custom signature, you can add it into emails to send to contacts. Read the Adding Custom Signatures to Emails article to learn how to add your custom signature to your emails.
Adding Custom Signatures to Smart Mails
Once you have created a custom signature, you can add it into Smartmail. Read the Adding Custom Signatures to Emails article to learn how to add your custom signature to your Smart Mail.
Once clicked, the Insert Your Email Signature tool will add your custom email signature to the bottom of your Smart Mail.
Previewing Custom Signatures via Smart Mail
Before sending Smart Mail, you can preview the email to see if the custom signature looks the way you want it to.

Read Adding Custom Signatures to Emails to learn how to preview your custom signature in Smart Mail.