View source for How To Add an Email Signature - GMail

This page describes how to add your CAP email signature to GMail.

* [[#gmail browser|GMail in the browser]]
* [[#gmail phone|GMail on your phone]]

== <span id="gmail browser"></span>GMail in the browser ==
# Log in to your GMail account.
# Click on the cogwheel located in the upper right corner of GMail and select '''Settings'''.
# Select the '''General''' tab.
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# Scroll toward the bottom and find the section labeled '''Signature:'''.
# Click the radio button next to the text box.
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# Insert your email signature as described by [https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/members/publications/pamphlets-1702/ '''{{Pub|CAPP|1-2}} ''The CAP Guide to Effective Communication'''''] page 42 and the [https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/members/cap-national-hq/public-affairs-about/resource-library/toolkit/branding-resource-guide/sample-signature-bloc/ '''''Public Affairs Sample Signature Block'''''] page.
## On the '''Public Affairs''' website, click '''Signature Block''' located on the right side of the page, and download the Word document.
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## Open the Word document you downloaded, copy the signature labeled '''Preferred Signature Block''' and paste it in to the GMail signature text box.
## Update your '''Grade''', '''Name''', '''Duty Assignment''', '''Phone Number''', and '''Website (''if applicable/desired'')'''.
## Verify that the images for '''Facebook''', '''Instagram''', '''Twitter''', and '''Flickr''' all list their associated links. This can be done by clicking on each image in the signature box and verifying the URL listed in the box that appears.
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### '''Facebook''' URL: https://www.facebook.com/capnhq/
### '''Instagram''' URL: https://www.instagram.com/civil__air__patrol/
### '''Twitter''' URL: https://twitter.com/civilairpatrol
### '''Flickr''' URL: https://www.flickr.com/photos/civilairpatrol/sets/
# Scroll to the bottom of the '''Settings''' page and click '''Save Changes'''.
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== <span id="gmail phone"></span>GMail on your phone ==
# Open the '''GMail''' app on your phone.
# Tap on the three horizontal bars located in the upper left corner of the GMail app.
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# Scroll to the bottom of the menu and tap on '''Settings'''.
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# If you have multiple GMail accounts on your phone, select the appropriate account.
# Scroll to the '''General''' section and tap on '''Mobile Signature'''.
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# In the text box that appears, enter your email signature, using the template provided on the [https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/members/cap-national-hq/public-affairs-about/resource-library/toolkit/branding-resource-guide/sample-signature-bloc/ '''''Public Affairs Sample Signature Block'''''] page, under the '''Mobile Signature Block''' section, modifying your '''Grade''', '''Name''', and '''Duty Assignment''' as appropriate.
# Tap '''OK''' to save your signature block.
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