How to Add a Facebook Link to an Outlook Email Signature
Microsoft Outlook offers you many options for customizing the messages that you send from within the program. One common way to personalize a message and inform your recipients of important information is through the use of an email signature. Outlook signatures can include a variety of data types, including links to Web pages. As social media is becoming a more important element of personal and business relationships, you may wish to include a link to your or your company's Facebook page in your Outlook signature.
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Instructions
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Open a Web browser window, and navigate to your Facebook page at Facebook.com.
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Click inside the address bar at the top of the window, and then press "Ctrl" + "A" to select the URL of your page.
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Press "Ctrl" + "C" to copy the URL.
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Launch "Microsoft Outlook."
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Click "New E-mail" at the top of the window.
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Click "Signature" in the ribbon at the top of the window, and then click "Signatures." This will open the "Signatures and Stationery" window.
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Click the signature that you wish to modify from the "Select Signature to Edit" section of the window.
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Click inside the "Edit Signature" section of the window, and place your cursor at the location where you would like to add your Facebook link.
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Type the anchor text for your link. This is the text that will be underlined in your signature to indicate that it is a hyperlink. For example, you could type "My Facebook Account."
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Click your mouse next to the anchor text, and drag it until the text is selected.
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Click the "Hyperlink" button in the "Edit Signature" section.
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Click inside the "Address" field at the bottom of the window.
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Press "Ctrl" + "V" to paste the Facebook URL.
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Click "OK," and then click "Save" in the "Select Signature to Edit" section.
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Click "OK" to close the "Signatures and Stationery" window.
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Tips & Warnings
You can also include an image in your signature, and then add a link to the image. However, some email hosting providers block embedded images, so your message recipients may not see the image.
