How to create a pdf that is read only except for signature line?

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August 10, 2022
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I have a contract that needs to be signed, but I do not want the contents of the form to be editable. Only the signature line should be editable.

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Meenakshi_Negi

Legend

Hi Kathy,

Thank you for reaching out.

Adding to BarlaeDC suggestion.

You may also use the Acrobat Sign to send the document for signature. In that, you may assign the form field to the signer. So, the signer can only fill and sign the assigned fields.

For more information, please refer to the following help page: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/send-for-signature.html.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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Kathy255969506dtvAuthor

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Thank you for this info!

BarlaeDC

Community Expert

Hi,

Would you not be able to flatten the PDF and then just add a signature field to the newly flattened PDF?

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Kathy255969506dtvAuthor

Participant

I am not too experienced in Adobe, so don't know what flatten the pdf means. Can you explain?

BarlaeDC

Community Expert

In the preflight tools there is this option

The best plan is to run it on a temp file ( or a copy) to check that it does what you want.

I just searched for "Flatten" in the tools menu and it showed the preflight option.

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