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will not let me digitally sign
- June 30, 2026
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Hello
I hope you are well, and thanks for reaching out. Sorry for the trouble you had.
Could you please share more details about the issue?
Please note that both screenshots and the messages tell the reason for the error:
This is a Reader-enabled form. When it was first created, someone used Acrobat Pro to add extended rights so your staff could sign it in the free Acrobat Reader. A hidden signature over the whole file protects those extended rights. Each time the form is signed and saved across your nine revisions, the file changes, and at some point, that change breaks the seal on the extended rights.
That is exactly what the second message is telling you: the extended features are no longer available because the document has changed since it was created. Once that seal is broken, Reader stops letting anyone add another signature, and it also stops validating the existing ones, which is the "At least one signature is invalid" you see in the first screenshot.
Suggestions:
For more details, you can refer to these articles:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/work-with-pdf-forms/create-forms/allow-form-saving.html
Let us know how it goes, and share your findings.
Regards,
Anand Sri.
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