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julied1
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May 13, 2020
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Freeform Signatures in Fillable Form

  • May 13, 2020
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Hi All

 

I've tried searching but have only found unanswered posts. 

I am trying to create a form that needs to be signed by multiple people (think visitors book where each day is a separate form).

What I would like to do is to create fields in the form where people can type their name and then sign it, using a stylus (Windows PC with touch screen).

When I use the signature form field (create form) it asks for a Digital ID.

Can this be turned off, so they can simply sign?

Thanks

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Correct answer JANET24523569k19h

Pen tool. Timer script? How? 

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Thom Parker
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Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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May 19, 2020

The "pen" tool works for this. It's not very good looking, but it does work. Try it out. It's the tool button that looks like a pencil on the Commenting tools. You can create some buttons to control the process. One that enable/disables the pen tool for signing, and one that clears it.

 

Another solution is to create a timer script to capture mouse movements over a button area. This type of script provides greater control over the process than the pen tool, but the results do not look as good. 

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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JANET24523569k19hCorrect answer
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October 4, 2023

Pen tool. Timer script? How? 

    Thom Parker
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    Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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    October 4, 2023

    So how is this a correct answer?

     

    The pen (or pencil) tool is one of the markup annotations in the Comments list. 

    Using a timer to collect mouse movements is an advanced topic. You'd have to already have some programming skills before attempting this.  

     

    Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
    Bernd Alheit
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    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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    May 13, 2020

    You can use Fill & Sign.

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    julied1Author
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    May 18, 2020

    Thank you for your response Bernd.

     

    However, this doesn't seem to work for me.

     

    Specifically my requirement is:

    "What I would like to do is to create fields in the form where people can type their name and then sign it, using a stylus"

     

    Using the fill & sign option the issue occurs if the form happens to get saved after someone has added their name and signed it.  When it's saved it closes the form fields so no one else can fill in the next form field and sign.

     

    I think it would be unrealistic to expect that the form won't get saved between people.

    Is there any other way of achieving what I want?


    Thanks.

    Julie

     

      Bernd Alheit
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      Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 18, 2020

      I don't know.

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