Outlook Stationery Creation

- An Introduction -

So, you would like to create some of your own Outlook stationery. Well, that's great news because the discussion, in this section, is dedicated to all of you out there, who have an interest in creating your own Outlook stationery.

Organization

This discussion, is organized into the following sections:

1. Creating Outlook Stationery - In this section, the discussion centers on using the Stationery Setup Wizard, which comes with Outlook Express 5.x (or higher), to create your stationery.
2. Adding Music to Stationery - In this section, the discussion centers on using two methods for adding music to your stationery.
   • The first method talks about adding music to your stationery with Outlook Express 5.x (or higher).
   • In the second method, the discussion talks about adding music to your stationery with Windows Explorer and Notepad.
3. Adding a Scrolling Background - In this section, the discussion centers on using Windows Explorer and Notepad to add a background scroll, to your stationery.
4. Additional Tools - In this section, the discussion centers on giving additional tools to help you with creating stationery.

Creating Outlook Stationery

By the way, if this is your first attempt at creating stationery and you would like to follow along, please take the sections in the order listed below because we will be building on an example piece of stationery, as we move along.

1. Creating Outlook Stationery;
2. Adding Music to stationery;
3. Adding a Scrolling Background.

File Location

Now, you needn't be concerned about the location of the Stationery folder and/or stationery files when you're creating stationery with the Stationery Setup Wizard because, it copies all of the files to the folder during the creation process.  On the other hand, because the wizard does copy all the stationery files to the folder, when you are adding music and/or a background scroll to your stationery the location of the Stationery folder and stationery files becomes very important because you need to where to look for the files you want to modify.  So, with that in mind, the location of this folder is shown below:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery

Software

The over all objective of this discussion is to give you the ability to create stationery without having to download any third party software. Additionally, if you have Internet Explorer 5.x (or higher) installed on your computer, you already have everything you need to create stationery because:

1. The Stationery Setup Wizard, which is included with Outlook Express and is part of the Internet Explorer downloads, is used in the discussion on how to create stationery, 
2. Next, Outlook Express, which again, is included with the Internet Explorer downloads and Windows Explorer and Notepad, which are included with Windows, are used in the discussion on how to add music to your stationery.
3. Finally, Windows Explorer and Notepad, which again are included with Windows, are used in discussion on how to add a scrolling background to your stationery.

So, if you don't have Internet Explorer 5.x (or higher) installed on your computer and would like to follow along during the discussion please, click on the link below to download and install Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer Download Site

Additional Resources

I have included some Background, GIF, and Midi (music) files which, can be downloaded and used in creating stationery. These files can be found on the Background File, GIF File, and Midi File pages of this Web site, respectively. Additionally, I have included links to free Background, GIF and Midi file web sites, which can be found in the Internet Links section, of this web site.

Summary

Now, that I have explained what's covered in this discussion and how it's organized, where the stationery files are located on your computer and told you the software you will need to create your own stationery, we are now ready to begin learning how to create some.

Please click here to return to the Outlook Stationery Tutorial Welcome page to learn more about creating Outlook stationery.

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The date this page was last updated was Sunday, August 10, 2003.