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wgdesigngroup
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June 27, 2016
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Digital signature field

  • June 27, 2016
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In DC I no longer find the Digital Signature field.

I am creating a form for a client who wants to capture a Digital Signature.

On the Prepare Form toolbar there is "Add a Signature" and "Add a signature Block". I've used these and defined the field as "signature" but when I open the form in Reader, the field just accepts plain text. I've used digital signature field before and it always shows up with the red marker in the field.

Is this option no longer in DC or am I missing something?

Thanks

Brian

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    Correct answer George_Johnson

    What you've done is created a form that's compatible with Adobe's E-sign services (Adobe Sign, e-signatures online, formerly EchoSign | Adobe Document Cloud ), which is entirely different than and incompatible with digital signatures. When in form editing mode, select the "More" button and select "Revert to Acrobat Form". You'll then be able to add a digital signature field.

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    Barbara281011734sm8
    New Participant
    January 25, 2023

    What if you cannot use the "Cloud" due to company security policies?  

    Also, I cannot find a "Revert to Acrobat Form" at all under More on the right.

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    aeinks
    New Participant
    July 23, 2020

    Thanks George!!!  I too spent endless hours trying to fing that field!  Ugh!

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    JBallou
    New Participant
    May 6, 2020

    This is actually wrong.  It doesn't work.  

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      JHD1
      New Participant
      July 29, 2020

      Try this:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAEehADyGq4

       

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        buzzlyteyr
        New Participant
        August 24, 2018

        Hi folks,

        Got stuck with this one just today and spent the requisite two hours of life lost until I found this thread.

        A word to the wise, in Acrobat if you select "Prepare Form," you'll see a graphical dialog box saying "select a file or scan a document to begin" and an option with a check box down lower for "This document requires signatures." If you check this box, the Prepare Form tool will automatically place you in Adobe e-sign mode and all signature fields added will then appear as text boxes. I found I could not reverse out of this by going reverting to PDF Form mode - had to start over with the original PDF file and make sure not to check that box. Then everything worked as expected for placed signature fields.

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          Phyllis5FB2
          New Participant
          June 13, 2021

          Thank you!  This helped save me lots of time trying to figure out how to change the signature boxes back to the original.  By the time I was searching for an answer, I had completely forgotten that I had clicked the "contains signatures" in the beginning when I started creating the form.   I too had to start over as I couldn't find anyway to convert the field to the original signature box. 

          laurenq8025923
          laurenq8025923
          New Participant
          October 11, 2017

          THANK YOU EVERYONE. I too have been looking for this answer since last Friday. ADOBE!!!

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            tonyc27381503
            New Participant
            September 7, 2017

            Ahhhh I've had the same problem too...

            I've been banging my head against a wall and searching through endless YouTube video and scrolling through webpages.

            Couldn't find it anywhere. I'll check the solution out when I get home.

            Hopefully it works for me too...

              dtsse6305771
              dtsse6305771
              New Participant
              June 4, 2022

              I've been looking for hours, and still don't see any option to add the signature field so my form can simply be downloaded and signed. I keep hitting dead ends. Extremely frustrating. With DocuSign I just add the box and it's done. Why is Adobe so messed up?

               

              coryl24409654
              coryl24409654
              New Participant
              September 6, 2017

              I have the same proble but cant get it to work. When in editing mode I click more and when it drops down i see the image below. very frustrating.

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                George_Johnson
                Inspiring
                September 7, 2017

                You need to be in form editing mode.

                nortysnort
                nortysnort
                Participating Frequently
                November 14, 2017

                Where is 'Form Editing' mode?  I only know 'Edit PDF' on the tools section, similar to what coryl24409654​ ​experienced.  Thanks in advance.

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                  abargoil
                  New Participant
                  July 13, 2017

                  I'm not sure why this information is so buried however this is the response I got from Adobe Chat Support

                  a Signature block includes the signature of the signer, signer's email, name & date

                  a Signature field only includes the signature of the signer, and date.

                  However these are NOT digital signatures. I asked if they supported digital signatures and was sent to the following link

                  No idea why this is so buried but I hope this helps!

                    kenny byrne
                    kenny byrne
                    New Participant
                    June 7, 2017

                    THANK YOU !! GOOD LORD THIS WAS RIDICULOUS!  COST ME 2 HOURS!

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                      George_JohnsonCorrect answer
                      Inspiring
                      June 28, 2016

                      What you've done is created a form that's compatible with Adobe's E-sign services (Adobe Sign, e-signatures online, formerly EchoSign | Adobe Document Cloud ), which is entirely different than and incompatible with digital signatures. When in form editing mode, select the "More" button and select "Revert to Acrobat Form". You'll then be able to add a digital signature field.

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                        wgdesigngroupAuthor
                        Inspiring
                        June 28, 2016

                        Thank you George,

                        I had spent 2 hours struggling with this, delving into the form, searching the web and Adobe help for the answer to this without success.

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