Mac 101: Create Custom Email Stationery

A fantastic tip from TUAW about custom Mail.app stationery. - Tim Godby

Mac 101: Create Custom Email Stationery: "

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Have you used Mail's stationery and thought that it was too limiting or did not appeal to your tastes? With a simple save button, you can create your own stationery to be exactly the way you want it. Just create a new Mail message, filling in the body as you see fit -- use special formatting, colors, even filler text.

When you have completed your stationery template, click File > Save As Stationery. A dialog box will prompt you to name your new creation. Enter a descriptive title and click 'Save.' Your new stationery will appear under 'Custom' whenever you click the 'Show Stationery' button in a new mail message. Clicking your template name will automatically recreate your template in the body of the new message.

This is handy for businesses or individuals who need to have custom formatted emails, and need them to be uniform each time they send them.


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