Creating Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Signatures when New Signature option is disabled.

The place where I work , we have company default signature for all the Outlook Messages we create.
I always wanted to add more information to that signature or create another project specific signature for my mails.

But the Tools->Options->Mail Format->Signatures->New Option is disabled in my Outlook.

Following is a workaround that I found to create/edit new/existing signature in Outlook 2007.

Additional tools that I used is Microsoft Office Word 2007 .

Create new Signature
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Open MS Word and create a good looking signature of your choice with all the formatting , pictures , colours that you need.

Create a folder in your desktop ( eg: “My Signature” ) and save your newly created Word document to that folder.

Save the Word document in three formats from MS Word. Select File -> Save As

Save as -> Web Page
Save as -> Rich Text Format
Save as -> Plain Text [When asked for Text Encoding : select default , ie Windows ( Default )]

Save the file with same name ( eg: MySignature.txt , MySignature.rtf, MySignature.htm ).
Microsoft Word will create an addictional  folder when you save a document as Web Page for pictures and the styles for that page. Which will be  <your file name>_files folder.

So now you have three files with same name and a folder with you. Copy these files and folders ( not the directory you created , just the files and folders ) to

C:\Documents and Settings\<your login name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures

This is the place where Outlook keeps its signatures.

Edit existing Signature
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C:\Documents and Settings\<your login name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures

Browse to the folder specified above , right click on the file ( will be same as your Signature name ) and select Edit. If you have Microsoft Office installed in your machine the document should open up in Microsoft Word. Do edit all the three formats of your signature , ie txt,rtf and htm which is available inside the Signatures folder.

Now you should be able to see your new signature listed for selection in your Outlook.  Good Luck!