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Adding an Email Signature in Outlook

Anyone with a Colliers email account is required to include a standard email signature on all emails sent from their Colliers account. This includes both new and response emails. An example of the information required in your signature block is provided at the end of this posting.

To add or edit a signature from outlook, first you access your email in Outlook. Once you have Outlook open, from the Outlook main menu, select File.

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Then select "Options" from the menu items that appear on the left side of the screen.

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Once you've selected "Options," a pop-up window should appear on your screen. You want to first select "Mail" from the menu items on the left side of pop-up window and then click the "Signatures" button.

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This will open up a window that will allow you to edit your signature(s). There are a few things to be aware of on this screen. First, if you've not set up a signature before, you will need to select the "New" button. If you already have your signature set up, just select the signature that you would like to edit, and proceed to the large signature input box toward the bottom of the signature screen.

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You want to make sure that you have selected to use your signature in both new and response emails. This is set using dropdown options on at the top right of the window. Just select the signature that you have set up for both options.

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Finally, you can import, format, and edit you signature in the large "Edit Signature" input box on the bottom of the signature screen.

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Below is a photo example of the information required in your signature block followed by text that you can copy and paste to create your own personal signature.


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First Last
Government Solutions
Dir +1 ### ###-#### | Mob +1 ### ###-####
emailaddress@colliers.com

Colliers International
Address | City State, Zip | USA
www.colliers.com

This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s).  Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited.  If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient) please contact the sender by replay email and delete all copies of this message.


Colliers International and ORE Financial are independent contractors to the FDIC and USMS, engaged to provide services to the FDIC and USMS in connection with the management and marketing of, and to facilitate FDIC and USMS’s sale of properties; and, neither Colliers, ORE Financial, nor any of its employees, subcontractors, or agents have any actual or apparent authority to make or accept offers on behalf of FDIC and/or USMS or to bind the FDIC and/or USMS to any term or condition of any transaction involving or related to any FDIC or USMS property.   The FDIC and USMS are bound by the terms or conditions of any transaction involving or related to any FDIC or USMS property only upon the written approval of the transaction and the execution of the transactional documents by a FDIC or USMS employee with the appropriate level of delegated authority for such matters.


****WIRE FRAUD ALERT: All parties acknowledge that neither the asset manager(s), broker(s), nor agent(s) involved in the transaction will relay any wire information related to this transaction. Criminals are hacking into agent and title company email accounts and sending fraudulent wire information. DO NOT WIRE ANY FUNDS WITHOUT PERSONALLY SPEAKING DIRECTLY WITH THE OFFICE THAT IS CLOSING THE TRANSACTION.****

How Do I Upload A Document to the Six Part File?

Find the property that the document relates to in the tracker system and choose the "edit" option on the right side of the screen. 

Once you are on the property page, select "Six Part File" from the property navigation bar under the property photos and description. 

Finally, navigate around the six part file until you have found the file to which you would like to upload your file. The, double click on the file or file name to activate the upload process. This should trigger a pop up window that looks like this:

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You can drag and drop your file or files into the area labelled "Drop documents here" or you can click in any of the white space in the drop documents box to active your file explorer and choose a document that way. Once you have the file that you need selected, click "Finish."

How do I decrease a PDF file size?

In order to post documents in our tracker systems or on file management systems owned by our clients, it is occasionally necessary to reduce the file size of the document. There are a few options for doing this. 


Compress Using Adobe Acrobat

The first, is to "compress" the file using Adobe Acrobat. To do that, open the file that you would like to make smaller. You are going to click on "File" in the menu bar, and then "Save As." These actions should open a pop-up window that gives you options of how and where to save the file. One of the options on that screen will be "Reduce File Size."

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Check the "Reduce File Size" box and go on saving the document as your normally would. The resulting file will be smaller than the original. 


Convert to Grayscale

The other option that you have, is to convert a file that is in color into black and white. Saving a file in color is the standard save protocol for most programs, so even if you do not see color in your document, it is likely that converting the file to grayscale will decrease the file size. For a file with pictures or lots of different colorful text, this method will significantly cut back the file size. This method also does not require special software like Adobe Acrobat, so if you're in a pinch, it's sometimes your best bet. 

Open the file that you want to reduce. You are going to select "File" from the menu bar, and then "Print." In the drop down menu that allows you to select a printer, you are going to choose the option to print to PDF. Depending on the program that you are using (Adobe, Microsoft Word, MuPDF), the exact language for this option will change. However, if the option you have chosen has the term PDF in it, it is highly likely you've chosen the correct option.

Next, select the option to print in black and white. Again, depending on the software you are using, the directions for step may vary. The picture below is an example of the process in Adobe:

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Adjacent to your printer options, you will see a check box for printing in black and white. In Adobe, all you need to do is check that box. Many programs have a similar check box function. In other programs, it may be necessary to go into "Properties" and change the print settings from there. 

Once you have completed adjusting the print settings per the above, you will click "Print" and then go through the normal process of saving a document.


Reduce the Page Size

If you have a document that is 500 pages long and you need it to be 10 MB or less, you are going to have to reduce the page size. This is not an ideal option, because it makes the document harder to read. If you have a file that you need to put into our six part file system that you cannot reduce sufficiently using the options above, just email it to IT with a short explanation and we will upload the document for you. However, if you are using a client system, and there is absolutely no way around the file size limitations, you can use the following method to reduce the file. This method involves adjusting the print settings and printing to PDF just like the above method. 

Open the file that you want to reduce. You are going to select "File" from the menu bar, and then "Print." In the drop down menu that allows you to select a printer, you are going to choose the option to print to PDF. Depending on the program that you are using (Adobe, Microsoft Word, MuPDF), the exact language for this option will change. However, if the option you have chosen has the term PDF in it, it is highly likely you've chosen the correct option.

The next set of directions are specific to Adobe. If you are using a computer that does not have the Adobe software installed, then these steps will vary slightly.

Next you are going to adjust your settings in the "Page Sizing & Handling" by selecting "Multiple" and changing the "Pages per sheet."

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I do not recommend selecting more than 2 pages per sheet, as the text on the pages will become indiscernible. 


NOTE: THE METHODS EXPLAINED HERE ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. YOU CAN USE, ANY TWO OF THEM TOGETHER, OR ALL THREE IF YOU MUST IN ORDER TO REDUCE YOUR FILE TO A SUFFICIENTLY SMALL SIZE.

How do I reset my password in FDIC-Trak?

If you know your current password

 you can reset your password from your user settings page. Just log into whichever tracker site you are trying to use, click the icon in the top right corner with the silhouetted person, and select "Settings."

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NOTE: upon login to any one of the tracker sites, you are automatically directed to your user settings page.

At the top of the user settings page, there is a section called "Contact Login." 

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Enter your current password and the new password that you would like to set. Re-enter the new password in the "Confirm new password" box, and check the box labelled "Update?"

It is very important that you check the update box, if you do not check the box, your password will not be reset. 

Once you have completed these four items, you must then click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page. If the password reset was successful, you will receive a banner notification letting you know that the new settings have been saved. 


 

If you have forgotten your password, or if your password has expired

You will have to contact IT to reset your password for you. There is nothing that you can do to reset that password yourself. 

You can reach IT at 281.651.5133 or submit a request via email using the button below.

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