How to ADD page(s) or COMBINE Signed PDF and regular PDF

Question

In effort to reduce paper printing, I decided to request a signature on the form I filled out from my boss for State Filing, then later add the receipt of eFiling (plain PDF), which then I can forward it to our accounting department...

I used to be able to PRINT a signed PDF as "Save as PDF", then add or edit the PDF...

But now, THAT command results to create "LOG" in Text! 😞

I tried to INSERT signed PDF to a plain PDF, but I could not select it, nor COMBINE files didn't work either...

Is there ANY WAY to work around this issue?

I don't want to send 2 PDFs for 1 transaction...

We are really trying to be ECO-Friendly...

Thank you in advance.

MikelKlink · Accepted Answer

Your log screen shot mentions that the source PDF was encrypted. So unless this log message is totally misleading, your problem is that the PDF is encrypted!

Please try your workflow (form fill-in, signing, ...) using a PDF that is not encrypted, and try "Save as PDF" then.

That being said, (digitally) signing a document does not combine well with changing the document thereafter; digital signatures are about guaranteeing that no (disallowed) changes are applied after the signature.

Removing the actual digital signature to make the PDF editable again, on the other hand, makes the whole process of signing it in the first place questionable.

One option to put a signed PDF together with new content (another PDF) in a single PDF while keeping the signature intact, is to wrap them both in a portable collection PDF (aka portfolio). You might want to try that.

gary_sc · Answer

Hi ymEA,

I knew there'd be issues as soon as I read "Save as PDF."

What that means is that Acrobat did not create the PDF but rather your operating system did. And the quality of that can vary from OK (at best) to "Oh my goodness!!!!"

Next, I cannot figure out what you mean by "...THAT command result to create "LOG" in Text." Create a LOG of the text? Create the word LOG in the text? Help me here, I do not know what you mean.

Next, you tried to Insert the signed PDF to a plain PDF. What is a plane PDF, a blank sheet of paper?

Lastly, what kind of Acrobat are you using? Acrobat Reader? Acrobat Standard? Or Acrobat Pro. (and what release are you using?

And lastly lastly, what is your OS (and what release)?

Thanks

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