Tired of your bland plain text Gmail signature? Want to spice it up with your company logo and some bold formatting? Google has done you right -- now Gmail signatures support rich text format. Here's how you can transform your contact information into an eye-catcher:

• Sign into your Gmail account
• Access the "Settings" page from the top right-hand corner
• Halfway down the page you'll see the "Signature" section
• Experiment with photos, hyperlinks, fonts, text sizes, colors, etc.
• Be sure to click "Save Changes" at the bottom of the page

As long as your Gmail signature is turned on, your rich text creation will be appended to the bottom of all outgoing messages. (Click on the image for a closer look.)

If you have multiple Gmail accounts, you can customize signatures for each individual account -- the ideal way to separate business and pleasure. To find out more about combining your Gmail addresses, check out Google's help page.

Road warriors beware: rich text signatures are currently not supported in the mobile version of Gmail. You'll have to connect with the latest desktop version of Gmail.

Also, older versions and the HTML version of Gmail are also not supported. Of course, you can always suggest it. Here's what the official blog post of the Gmail team has to say about this new development:

"Rich text signatures have long been one of our most widely requested features. Some of you have tried your own solutions, including Greasemonkey scripts, browser plugins, and even using canned responses from Gmail Labs. Others have simply lived with frustration of not being able to change the colors or font size of your signature, or insert images and links. Either way, you'll be happy to know that today we're launching the ability to write your own rich text signatures right in Gmail.

The next time you log in and visit the Settings page, you'll see a rich text editor in the signature section. Here, you can customize your signature by adding pretty formatting, links, and images — or decide to leave things nice and simple.

Gmail also now supports a unique signature for each email address associated with your account. So, if you send mail using a custom "From:" address, you can use a different signature for that address. From the Settings page, you can edit the signature for each account by changing the email address that appears in the dropdown menu."

Using a PC World tutorial, you can also Get More Out of GMail with GMail Labs.