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Correct answer Lantz Newberry

I work for state government. We prefer the Fill & Sign tool over the Stamp tool since once a document is saved the signature can't be deleted.

 

Create PNG Files

  1. We have the person sign in blue ink, on a blank sheet of paper, at approximately the size they use to sign most documents.
  2. Scan to PDF at 100% 300dpi quality.
  3. Open scanned PDF in Acrobat and crop the signature fairly close on all 4 sides and export as a PNG file.
  4. File > Export to > Image > PNG. (Keep files in our secure folders).

 

Sign a Document

  1. Open a PDF to sign in Acrobat use the Fill & Sign tool > Sign Yourself (or other one for secondary signatures or initials) > click the "+" symbol > Image > Select Image > Navigate to your PNG files to add the signature to Acrobat.
  2. If you want the signature to remain in Acrobat's Fill & Sign tool, check the box Save signatures.
  3. Click Apply to place the signature on the document.

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Gurvin Singh Malhotra
Gurvin Singh Malhotra
Participant
March 20, 2022

Scan your signature, take a screenshot so that now the singature is in the clipboard. Select 'Stamp' from Tools menu.

 

You will have three options: Stamp, Stamp Palette and Custom Stamps. Select Stamps and you will get the drop down menu with the last option: .Paste clipboard image as stamp tool'.

Mouse cursor will change to stamp icon. Place the signature at the required place and resize.

 

Hope that helps.

    richardkirkland
    richardkirkland
    Known Participant
    March 20, 2022

    This combined with what is marked as the answer gives a lot of options. Nice solution. 
    Thank you!

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    A Wales
    Participant
    February 14, 2022

    This worked great for me.  I don't need digital signatures, just plain signatures.  This website worked for me, hope it works for you as well.  You can have as many signatures that you want and you can make the background transparent for signing "on the line"

    https://www.pdfautomationstation.com/public/The-Easiest-Way-To-Make-A-Transparent-Signature-Stamp.cfm

     

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    Lantz Newberry
    Participating Frequently
    February 12, 2022

    OK so in 2020 Adobe changed the Acrobat DC icon in the Taskbar from red to black (making it hard to see) and then in 2021 back to red.

    So that "to do item" was above restoring multiple sugnatures???

     

    Acrobat DC red Taskbar icon turns black 

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    Strategy5CC7
    Participant
    January 26, 2022

    OMG I just upgraded to Adobe Acro DC and this is so unacceptable! I cannot believe one cannot sign securely with multiple signatures, I work for x3 executives and I sign on their behalf, as well as myself... I used to be able to do this in the old Adobe, why would they do this? It makes no sense!

     

    Hey Adobe, get off your lazy and fix this already will you! People's jobs are being affected by your bad software decisions.  

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      Lantz Newberry
      Participating Frequently
      January 26, 2022

      In our organization when we have more than 2 staff to sign for this is how we handle it now.

      1. Create a folder in a secure place (our User folders) to store our PNG files (signature images with transparent backgrounds).

      2. In Acrobat Pro DC, per the answer in this thread, you can store up to 2 signatures.

      • Fill & Sign tool > Sign yourself  > as Add Signature and Add Initials.
      • Put your most used signature in the Add Signature spot.
      • Use the Add Initials spot to rotate between the PNG files of our secondary signatures.

      3. To rotate the Initials spot signature images;

      • Fill & Sign tool > Sign yourself
      • Click the "-" symbol next to the Initials spot.
      • Click the "+" symbol next to the Initials spot.
      • Click Select Image in the popup window.
      • Navigate to the secure folder containing all the PNG file signature images.
      • Double-click on the PNG file you need.
      • After the image loads in the popup window; click Apply to place it in the PDF.
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        Lantz Newberry
        Participating Frequently
        January 26, 2022

        Note: this may not be as secure as using a Digital ID (which limits a person from signing for other staff) but it is better than using the Stamp tool.

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        kascb
        Participant
        September 30, 2021

        I didn't even know about the fill and sign thing. I have jpeg images of the signatures I need to insert and resize/place the image.

        Now that I know about it, I'll use fill and sign for the two most frequent and continue using the insert image option for the rest.

        Thom Parker
        Community Expert
        Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        January 21, 2022

        There are several different approaches for applying a signature to a PDF.  None of them are totally secure because someone can always find a way to modify the PDF. The trick to secure signatures is using your own signature image in conjunction with a digital certificate. The digital certificate is applied after the document is filled and signed and guarentees document integrity. Someone can certainly change the PDF, but if they do it will invalidate the certificate.   This is the same approach used by the Adobe Sign service. 

        But you can do it yourself by using your own professional looking signature image stamp, and then saving the PDF as certified. 

        https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/PDF-Signature-Stamps.cfm

         

         

        Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
        tdsteff
        tdsteff
        Participant
        April 21, 2021

        Just found this thread, I think it was asking for non-digital certificate signatures, but in case anyone IS looking to sign with multiple digital signatures, you have to add them under "Tools->Prepare Form".  Why it's not available in "Edit PDF" is beyond me.

        richardkirkland
        richardkirkland
        Known Participant
        February 19, 2021

        As of February 19, 2021, I see that only 1 signed signature is allowed.

         

        It took me a while to figure out that one has to delete and existing written signature to allow another to appear.

        Doesn't solve the issue those are struggling with here, but it wasn't a very intuitive experience in being able to insert a new signature using the "Sign Yourself" feature in Acrobat.

        Have a great day.

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        danezeq
        Inspiring
        January 25, 2021

        Is there anyway to add more than 2 signatures?

          richardkirkland
          richardkirkland
          Known Participant
          February 19, 2021

          The accepted answer above is a great workaround. You can always scale signatures or initials up once drawn with a mouse or trackpad using the "Draw" option in the "Sign Yourself" feature.

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          tongz79129679
          Participant
          December 29, 2020

          I have the same problem but rather than signing for multiple people, I need signatures in multiple languages. So I do hope Adobe can add this feature. 

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            MidwestOrtho7450
            Participating Frequently
            August 7, 2020

            I have re-created all of the signatures that I already had when I had Acrobat XI. The second article references Adobe XI, so I sure hope that I didn't do all of this for nothing. I don't currently have a document that needs to be signed, but I will try this when I do.


            Thank you,

            Barb
            Barbara Sack, MHSA, CMPE
            Executive Director
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