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Jack
Jack

Reputation: 351

How do I add a well formatted HTML signature to Gmail? P.S. Copy & paste doesn't work

it seems crazy that this still isn't an option but is there an elegant workaround? I have tried copying and pasting into the Settings>Signature box but it ruins the formatting.

Many thanks!

Andrew

Upvotes: 4

Views: 13376

Answers (6)

Aleix Mariné
Aleix Mariné

Reputation: 305

It is very disappointing, but you CAN'T do it.

There is a workaround that allows you to add the the rendered HTML into the text box of the signature, you can keep most of the signature, but usually styling and other elements such as divs are not rendered correctly and the display of the signature is broken.

Apparently there is no way to add a HTML file as a signature in Gmail, either mobile or from desktop app.

Upvotes: 0

Liam Kelly
Liam Kelly

Reputation: 1

This can get you an approximation but it does not keep any advanced styles.

Div tags do not work, and you have to be using a supported font which greatly limits your options.

Upvotes: 0

chrismacp
chrismacp

Reputation: 3893

As others have mentioned you can indeed just copy the rendered HTML in to the signature box in your GMail settings. To do this just:

  1. Put your HTML in to new text file and give it a name like signature.html
  2. Open the file in your browser
  3. Select all of the content displayed in the browser (edit > select all)
  4. Copy of all the selected content (edit > copy)
  5. Open up the GMail settings and then paste in to the signature box (edit > paste)

I had a problem doing this on a mac and using Chrome as my browser because there are two ways to paste. The normal paste removes the formatting so you have to use the paste option that does not 'match style'. See the image.

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Upvotes: 1

TheNerdyNerd
TheNerdyNerd

Reputation: 274

Try following the steps on this video: add gmail hmtl looking signature

Basic guide:

  1. Open google docs
  2. Create a new file
  3. Add a table
  4. Add logo and text
  5. Format table with lines to 0 pts
  6. Modify look and colour of text
  7. Copy format and paste into gmail signature

Hope that helps someone

Upvotes: 1

Mark Simpson
Mark Simpson

Reputation: 2374

Create a .html file with your HTML in it. View the file in a browser. Then select the entire page (COMMAND+A or CTRL+A) and copy.

Paste into the Gmail signature textarea.

Basically the trick is to copy&paste the rendered html rather than the raw HTML.

Upvotes: 2

sparrowhawk87
sparrowhawk87

Reputation: 51

The gmail signature creator uses a WYSIWYG creator. There doesn't seem to be a way to use HTML markup, but since you can choose fonts, insert images, change text-alignment, etc, you simply create the signature as you would in a word processor like Microsoft Word and Google converts it to HTML for you.

Upvotes: 0

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