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Anonymous
January 20, 2017
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How do I sign a document multiple times and save only once?

  • January 20, 2017
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Adobe standard XI. Every time I sign a document I have to save it. I need to sign many documents in multiple locations within the forms we use pretty much all day. How do I sign in multiple locations with my digital signature and save the file only when I am done?

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This is a common problem, but comes from trying to convert paper signatures too literally. Under no circumstances should you EVER be using a single digital signature to "sign in multiple places". This is inappropriate technically and legally, since a digital signature always applies to the WHOLE FILE every time. The visible mark on page is a mistake really; it's of NO IMPORTANCE in proving signing or validity. The signature panel MUST be used to check. I suspect you have been asked to get a visible mark on several pages. This should be done with a stamp. After the final stamp, you can use a digital signature too.

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Brainiac
January 11, 2019

My concern from a legal point of view is this, and I'm not a lawyer: a digital signature, by definition, applies to the whole file. So it "proves" acceptance of the whole file. Yet, could someone argue, they didn't accept the whole file because they were misled into believing they were signing only a page? The difference could be huge... the architect digitally signs what she thinks is a page showing the building outline on page 7, but they are also accepting the plan on page 8 to build with not enough bracing, so the building - officially approved by that very architect - falls down.

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krishg12920597
New Participant
March 31, 2018

what to do if i want to apply signature field in all pages.....

m using developer account and api for send document....i use this code to place signature field but it can only placed in one page or i have to write for all pages....

$sendDoc->documentCreationInfo->formFields[$Fid]->locations[0]->height = 20;

$sendDoc->documentCreationInfo->formFields[$Fid]->locations[0]->left = 70;

$sendDoc->documentCreationInfo->formFields[$Fid]->locations[0]->pageNumber = 2;

$sendDoc->documentCreationInfo->formFields[$Fid]->locations[0]->top =  165;

$sendDoc->documentCreationInfo->formFields[$Fid]->locations[0]->width = 200;

$sendDoc->documentCreationInfo->formFields[$Fid]->name = "SignatureOEPL".$Fid;

$sendDoc->documentCreationInfo->formFields[$Fid]->inputType = 'SIGNATURE';

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Brainiac
January 23, 2017

This is a common problem, but comes from trying to convert paper signatures too literally. Under no circumstances should you EVER be using a single digital signature to "sign in multiple places". This is inappropriate technically and legally, since a digital signature always applies to the WHOLE FILE every time. The visible mark on page is a mistake really; it's of NO IMPORTANCE in proving signing or validity. The signature panel MUST be used to check. I suspect you have been asked to get a visible mark on several pages. This should be done with a stamp. After the final stamp, you can use a digital signature too.

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briang58909458
New Participant
January 11, 2019

Is it really legally inappropriate or just unnecessary? In our particular instance it is in fact a state government that has asked us to use an SSL certificate backed signature anywhere we put our digital signature on our drawing files. If you have some sort of legal precedence to share please do so, then I can provide that to our client and hopefully get them to allow for just a single certification to the document.

try67
try67
Community Expert
January 11, 2019

Technically, it's redundant and unnecessary. Legally, it would depend on the laws of where you live. If the law-makers in your country don't understand the technology involved then they might require a digital signature on each page. That's up to you to find out...

Meenakshi Negi
Community Manager
Meenakshi NegiCommunity Manager
Community Manager
January 21, 2017

Hi thomasr47161059,

Could you please confirm the exact dot version of Adobe Acrobat XI you are using.

By saving it, do you mean that you get configure option every time you try to sign document?

Could you please provide more information on this.

Regards,

Meenakshi

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