Drawable Signature fields in fillable PDF

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June 15, 2020
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Hi, I was wondering whether it is possible to create a fillable PDF that has a draw signature field, and that when the user selects the field, it will automatically prompt them to draw their signature. I know you can do Fill and Sign on Adobe Reader DC, but some of my users aren't that tech savvy. I want to make it as simple as possible, so all they need to do is tap the box in the PDF and fill it out.

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GreenNet

New Participant

Has anyone figured this out yet? We need the exact workflow and signature process. When working with customers who don't want to go to their computer or smartphone to access their email, adobe esign does not work. Let me know if anyone has figured this out, and I will do the same.

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Joe33167352ddal

New Participant

I tried to find a solution for this through adobe for months, and have created multiple chinky workaround, like the ones the representative listed above. Amazed that this is not easier to do on the adobe system, or in the adobe mobile app. I eventually found GoFormz.com which does this exactly, and allows the uploading of photos to a form from the mobile app, which is outstanding when I need the client to capture a picture of a problem. Came back to adobe to see if they made any changes in the last 6 months, but it doesn't appear that they have any desire to address this use-case. Look elsewhere for the time being.

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jenniferp1875535

Participating Frequently

I am looking for the same thing. Did you ever find a solution? The forms I am creating in Acrobat DC Pro are NOT being sent to someone to sign! The will be used at a customer service desk and need to allow customers to draw their signature while they are sitting at the desk. I don't want them to set up a digital signature and I do not have their email address to request their signature. Why is this so hard to understand and accomplish?

Amal.

Community Manager

Hi Jenniferp

Hope you are doing well and sorry to hear that.

You may try getting the forms signed using the Acrobat > Fill & Sign Tool as described here https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/fill-and-sign.html and see if that works for you.

Regards

Amal

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jenniferp1875535

Participating Frequently

Hi there

Thanks for sharing the detailed workflow.

Please try the steps below and see if that woks for you:

Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat/Reader DC application.
Go to Tools > Comment
Select the Pencil tool as shown in the screenshot so that the users can draw their initial/signature over the PDF document.

Hope it will help

Regards

Amal

The steps suggested will allow someone to draw something as a comment on the document, but I don't think you understand what I am trying to accomplish. I need a signature field that will default to a drawn signature without requiring the person drawing the signature to go through the process of setting up a digital signature. Then after the document is signed a copy of it should be saved in read only format. I do not think I can be any clearer about what I am looking for. I believe this is a feature that Adobe lacks that should be addressed. I feel like Adobe is short sighted by not providing this as an option to the signature field. Adobe executives have a very narrow view of what is truely needed by their customers in real world situations. I will figure out a way to achieve what I need for this environment with or without Adobe Acrobat.

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silentkv

New Participant

Did you ever figure out a way to do this? I have been looking and can't find anything so far.

Amal.

Community Manager

Hi Gantoz

We are sorry for the trouble. As described you want to use the draw signature fiels in the PDF for the users.

Would you mind sharing the steps you are doing while sending the PDF form to the users? Once you upload the file to the Adobe sign for sending please use the Signature field as shown in the screenshot below. Once the user will opn the form and click in the signature box they will get the option to draw the signature.