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How to Add Your Signature to PDFs

December 20th, 2007 @ 12:00 pm

Categories: Software, Time-Savers

Tags: Adobe PDF, Signature, Rick Broida

signature.jpgEver need to “sign” a PDF, meaning insert your signature in a document as though you’d handwritten it? Productivity501 shows how you can sign PDFs using Adobe Acrobat’s stamping feature:

It turns out you can import an image file and use it as a stamp as well.  If you follow the instructions from our post about how to create a scanned signature, you’ll find it imports nicely.  The transparent background lets you sign on a line without covering it up.

See the post for more complete instructions — and keep in mind that this stamping option will work only if the document in question supports commenting. Still, between this and the option to remember the last PDF page you viewed, I’m seriously considering going back to Acrobat. It may be bloated, but it offers several compelling features over Foxit Reader. Hmmm. Photo by TonivS.

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    Garry_Corbin

    12/21/07 | Report as spam

    Not in Acorbat Reader

    Unless I am missing something, this only works in the full versions of Adobe Acrobat. I purchased the Professional version years ago for personal use, but I rarely find it available in the mix of corporate software. Too bad that Adobe cannot figure how to make Reader more useful to the average user.

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    BizHacksRick

    12/31/07 | Report as spam

    Depends on the document

    Actually, it depends on whether the PDF itself supports the addition of a signature. Many documents are protected, meaning you can't add comments, revisions, signatures, etc.

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