Cloud IT formerly On-Site Technical Solutions: How to Place the Gmail Signature Above the Text in a Reply

One of our clients had asked us to show them how to place signatures in replies above the original text instead of at the bottom of the reply. We weren't quite quick enough and I didn't know how to do that, so thank you Theresa!

Enable Gmail Labs

First, if the Gmail account is within a domain in Google Apps, Labs must be enabled for the domain. Here are the instructions to enable Labs in the domain:

Enable Gmail Labs for your users

Sign in to the Google Apps administrator control panel.

The URL is https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/primary-domain-name, where primary-domain-name is the domain name you used to sign up for Google Apps.
Click the Settings tab and then select Email in the left column.
Click the check box Enable Gmail Labs for my users.
Click Save changes.

(There may be a delay before the change takes effect.)

Note that enabling Gmail Labs makes them available for all users. If you have multiple domains associated with your Google Apps account, the setting applies to all domains.

Here's the link to the help page

Enable Gmail Signature Tweaks

Once Labs is available, individual users can enable the Gmail Signature Tweaks to alter the placement of their signatures on replies.

To get to labs, click on the gear on the Gmail page and then click settings.

Click Labs

and then either scroll or search for "tweak" and select enable. Don't forget to save the settings and you're all set! You'll see your signature before you starting your replies going forward.

Here's a video from Google Gooru on activating Signature tweak:

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