If the recipient's email program is set to convert messages, for example, then a message you send formatted as HTML could be converted to plain text. Click the ' How the message appears to the person receiving it depends on their email program. Close Outlook if the program is currently running. How to Import or Export an Outlook Signature, Exporting Outlook Signature Files. Show file name extensions in the folder with checking the File name extensions option on the View tab in Windows 10 or Windows 8. Productivity Portfolio, On the right side press CTRL and click the Signatures… Now return to the folder containing Outlook signatures, and then paste HTML signatures with pressing the Ctrl + V keys simultaneously.