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How can I edit a previously created HTML signature file?

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ianj39
ianj39

The article on "signatures" gives an excellent explanation of how to set up an HTML signature file to associate with Thunderbird user accounts. I must have used this successfully in the past, as I have a folder of .html files, each of which is associated with one of my half dozen or so user accounts. My problem is that I now want to make a fairly minor amendment to one of these, and cannot work out the way to do so. This is a bit embarrassing, as no doubt I am missing something blindingly obvious. However it is some time since I set up my Thunderbird application, and would appreciate a quick pointer to get me off and running again.

The article on "signatures" gives an excellent explanation of how to set up an HTML signature file to associate with Thunderbird user accounts. I must have used this successfully in the past, as I have a folder of .html files, each of which is associated with one of my half dozen or so user accounts. My problem is that I now want to make a fairly minor amendment to one of these, and cannot work out the way to do so. This is a bit embarrassing, as no doubt I am missing something blindingly obvious. However it is some time since I set up my Thunderbird application, and would appreciate a quick pointer to get me off and running again.

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I take it you use those html files directly and don't paste the signature "code" into the box in Account Settings?

You could just start a new message, insert the existing signature, edit it, "save as html" over the original. (If appropriate, open the file and copy its contents back into Thunderbird's account settings.)

Periodically I am asked to add or remove some topical content for my work signature and this procedure usually works.

If it were a minor text change, I'd probably just open the html file in a text editor (I like Notepad++) and edit directly.

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I take it you use those html files directly and don't paste the signature "code" into the box in Account Settings?

You could just start a new message, insert the existing signature, edit it, "save as html" over the original. (If appropriate, open the file and copy its contents back into Thunderbird's account settings.)

Periodically I am asked to add or remove some topical content for my work signature and this procedure usually works.

If it were a minor text change, I'd probably just open the html file in a text editor (I like Notepad++) and edit directly.

ianj39
ianj39 Question owner

Thank you Zenos for your quick response. Either of the suggested methods worked well for me, so problem solved. Mahy thanks.