Installing and using EXE Format Stationery:

All Stationery sets offered at this website are in EXE format (exceptions are the EML Format... those are zipped). I use Zip Magic to create the EXE files and this way you do not need any special program(s) like WinZip to decompress them.

Once you downloaded the stationery of your choice, locate the exe file (make sure to remember the location on your hard drive where you saved and/or downloaded the file to), double click the icon and it will automatically install all files (i.e. html, jpg and/or gif, and midi) to the correct location on your hard drive, which is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery\

These exe files are not password protected, however occasionally you may get a password prompt. This is generally caused by trying to change information, or other software installed on your computer. If you get a password prompt, just ignore it and proceed. All files will install properly without a password!

To change the stationery you are using or to use the new ones you have installed, do this:

• Open Outlook or Outlook Express, go to the top where it says TOOLS, click on that and then choose STATIONERY.

• A new window will open and you will see your compose font and in the mid-section it says "When composing new messages use", make sure you make a dot next to THIS STATIONERY and then click on SELECT.

• This is turn will bring up another window from where you will be able to choose which stationery you want to use complete with preview. Select which one you want to use and click ok.

• Back at the window from before click APPLY and then OK. The next time you click on the Compose button you will automatically use the stationery you picked out.

If you need visual instructions of this procedure, click on How to send Stationery in Outlook Express and/or check below with other ways of using Outlook Express/Outlook.