View

The View group on the ribbon (Fig. 1.) contains three buttons: Source, Preview and Guidelines.

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Fig. 1. The View group on the ribbon.
  • Source - this button lets you modify the source code of the email section (e.g. a signature) you're composing and enhance it with several options (Fig. 2.).

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Fig. 2. The HTML source code view.

If you are designing more than one email section (e.g. a signature and a header) in the Editor, the Source button shows the source code of the currently selected (edited) element (Fig. 3. & 4.).

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Fig. 3. The source code of the header section.

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Fig. 4. The source code of the signature/disclaimer section.

  • Preview - use this button to preview your signature/disclaimer in the HTML, RTF and Plain Text formats (Fig. 5.). If your signature contains any Active Directory attributes (placeholders), they will be automatically filled with user information. Learn more
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Fig. 5. A preview of the final message with a signature.
  • Guidelines - this option is turned on by default and shows the borders between the message components, with additional options (Fig. 6.).
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Fig. 6. The elements displayed when Guidelines are turned on.

When the Guidelines button is deselected, all the borders and additional options will disappear from the composition (Fig. 7.).

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Fig. 7. The appearance of the Editor when Guidelines are turned off.

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