eSignatures

[johna47000888]

I have two questions:

1. How do I verify or validate a signature on a contract document that I have received?

2. How do I make an electronic signature of my own on a pdf that I want to send to someone?

Thank you,

John Aletta

[AnandSri]

Hello John,

1: To validate a digital signature, Set your signature verification preferences. For more information, see Set signature verification preferences.

• Open the PDF containing the signature, then click the signature. The Signature Validation Status dialog box describes the validity of the signature.
• For more information about the Signature and Timestamp, click Signature Properties.
• Review the Validity Summary in the Signature Properties dialog box. The summary might display one of the following messages:

Signature date/time are from the clock on the signer's computer. The time is based on the local time on the signer’s computer.

Signature is timestamped: The signer used a Timestamp Server and your settings indicate that you have a trust relationship with that timestamp server.

Signature is timestamped but the timestamp could not be verified: Timestamp verification requires obtaining the timestamp server's certificate to your list of trusted identities. Check with your system administrator.

Signature is timestamped but the timestamp has expired: Acrobat and Reader validate a timestamp based on the current time. This message is displayed if the timestamp signer's certificate expires before the current time. To let Acrobat or Reader accept an expired timestamp, select Use Expired Timestamps in the Signature Verification Preferences dialog box (Preferences > Signatures > Verification: More). Acrobat and Reader display an alert message when validating signatures with the expired timestamp.

• For details about the signer’s certificate, such as trust settings or legal restrictions of the signature, click Show Signer’s Certificate in the Signature Properties dialog box.

If the document was modified after it was signed, check the signed version of the document and compare it to the current version.

For detailed information, you may refer to Adobe article Validating digital signatures, Adobe Acrobat

2: To create a digital id, you can refer to the Adobe article Digital IDs in Acrobat

Feel free to update this discussion for any further assistance.

Regards,

Anand Sri.

[johna47000888]

Sorry, but not of your suggestions have been useful.

Have spent 1 hour, but still can't sign. Want to Browse/select an image of my signature, but there is no option for this. What type of file for the signature is required, PDF, jpeg, tiff?

At one point document flashed "you cannot drag and drop" so how do you insert the signature? very frustrating….

Please help, John

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[AnandSri]

Hello Johna,

Sorry for the trouble you had, but you did not mention earlier that you are not able to sign a PDF file in your first post. 

If you wish to add an image in your signature, then you can use Adobe Fill&Sign feature, for detailed information, refer to Adobe article Fill and sign PDF forms using Adobe Acrobat Fill & Sign

Make sure that you have the signing rights on the PDF, navigate to Properties of PDF from File>Properties>Security>Is signing is allowed or not.

Are you not able to sign all the PDF files or is it specific to one PDF file? If you are using Adobe Reader to sign a PDF, make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Reader installed, check for any pending updates of Adobe Reader from help>check for updates, reboot the machine after updating Adobe Reader.

Is it possible to share a screenshot of the error you are getting? To share the screenshot, refer to https://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-7043#jive_content_id_How_do_I_attach_a_screenshot

Let us know how it goes and share your findings.

Thanks,

Anand Sri.