How to add draw function on a fillable PDF

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January 17, 2020
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Hello,

I am creating a fillable PDF for work and one of the requirements is that the user can use the "draw functin under "fill and sign" to actually sign the form

However, when I create the fillable form, I am only able to add a signature text boxt that asks for a digital signature

What should I do?

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Correct answer Thom Parker

Show me the advanced task.

The Advanced Task:

Use a button and timer to capture mouse movements to dynamically build an ink annotation.

Thom Parker

Community Expert

The "draw tool" in Acrobat/Reader is one of the standard PDF markup annotations. It's also called the pen or pencil tool. You may want to add something to your form to clue the user to use it for a signature. For example, add a "Sign" button that just runs the menu item that activates the pen tool. Have the text on the button change to "Done". Then when they push is a second time it activates the hand tool. Something like that.

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