How to save multiple signatures in Acrobat DC?

[NSEinsurance]

Is there a way to save more than one signature and initials under the fill and sign tools?

[Guest · Accepted solution]

I have this same issue at work.  I sign documents at work and I sign documents for my boss at work.  My work around is this:

Save one signature as a signature and the other as "initials".  There are two options on the sign button, one for signature and one for initials.  So I can sign for my boss and myself with that.  Hope it helps someone.

[MidwestOrtho7450 · Accepted solution]

Honestly in my situation niether work-around is good. 

Doing the first one involves sending the form to each doctor for signature, which would require them to 1) See the notification, 2) know how to use Adobe Pro and 3) actually do it. 

If you have ever worked with or around surgeons, you know that when there is something they want done, they direct that it get done and then leave for either the clinic or the OR.  They will use the computer for the EMR and for email, but they really do not feel their time is best used doing things that other people can and should be doing for them.

The second one requires me going around to each surgeon to get a wet signature.  Another thing to know about surgeons is that they are never all together in one place unless there is a board meeting.  They spend half their time in the OR and the other half in the clinic.  Waiting for all of them to sign anything would take at least a week.

Which is why I say again - this is not a feature, it's a bug.  I'm now paying monthly for something that I used to be able to buy outright.  So I'm paying many times over what I paid before, yet the features have regressed.  

FIX IT.

[Joe376038492632]

This restriction is all about selling licenses.  Adobe will mem and haw about how they are protecting users but it BS.  Acrobat pro is alreadt too expensive and this restriction, again is BS.

[VSSCPA]

If you disable the sync in the registry, each user can setup their own signature and it wont sync across devices logged into the same account. We have an IT admin that all our software purchases are registered to, but by disabling the registry sync, none of our signatures sync across the devices. We have no identified any other issues this causes. It is done on adobe 2020 std and pro. This must be done on each machine logged into the account: 

Disable Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud services. It disables and locks all service access except those features controlled by the other preferences below.

[HKLM\Software\Policies\Adobe\<product name>\<version>\FeatureLockdown\cServices]
"bToggleAdobeDocumentServices"=dword:00000001

[MommyRabbit]

I had to sign for four different people with Adobe, and the way i did the work around was to create stamps of their signatures and apply them that way.  Having said that, it isn't a "signature" in the eyes of the program, it is just an image stamped over the page. but i am not sure if that matters for you or not. 🙂 

[richardkirkland]

thanks for this clarification. This post is rather old and I have followed it for a while. A lot of folks seem to have an opinion associated with digital certificates and signing which is the modern, secure way for certificates. For those smaller organizations these "Stamps "are really what most want. This probably separates the two usages for those who are looking for the two different solutions. Thanks. Have a great day.

[Punisher2011]

Can you explain how you made these stamps? I'm running into this issue and a lot of the government paperwork I'm doing doesn't accept E-Signatures since it's marked as such. They will only take "real" signatures.

[MommyRabbit]

here is the link to the thread on how to create a stamp, you want to create a custom stamp which is half way-ish down the page

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/adding-stamp-pdf.html 

Good luck 😄 

The file with the signatures will be in your adobe folder

C:\Users\(user name)\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\

there should be a subfolder named whatever version of adobe you use, mine is DC currently. once you have created a stamp, there will be a folder named Stamps containing a PDF of the signature(s). The first page is always blank, If you have multiple signatures, there will be an individual page for each signature, I make sure each is cropped down to the size of the signature. you can add pages here if you have more and I find it fairly easy to do it this way.

to use them in the PDF you wish to stamp go to comments tools and select the stamp. you can make shortcuts here, or leave them in whichever of the drop downs you want to keep them... 

clear as mud i am sure 😞  

if this process works well for you, i highly suggest saving a copy of the PDF with the signatures somewhere safe. when you upgrade your adobe program, it doesn't always carry over, and it won't carry from one program to the next. for instance i had adobe pro and when we switched to DC it wasn't there anymore, so i had to create the "stamps" folder and paste the signature pdf in it in order for my signatures to be available. 

[Lantz Newberry · Accepted solution]

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.

[faye_2461]

Where has Initials gone ?   Cannot see it as a choice anymore!

[Lantz Newberry]

[jerobanbar]

Try adding them as Digital IDs.  Then, on the form field signature block, you may select the preferred digital signauture.