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Stamp

bschultz
Registered: Nov 20 2008
Posts: 4

We are currently using Acrobat 8.0 Standard. We would like to create a stamp that includes the user initial and the calendar date. We would like this stamp to update with the user initial and current date. How might we create such a stamp?
Thank you!

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 8.0, Windows
gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
You need to create a dynamic stamp.

[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/custom_dynamic_stamp/]Creating a Custom Dynamic Stamp[/url] by Lori DeFurio, Adobe Systems
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/articles/2006/03/javascript_tip/carly_phxfeb06_acrojs.pdf]Using Adobe Acrobat JavaScript[/url] by Carl Young
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/dynamic_stamp_secrets/]Dynamic stamp secrets[/url] by Thom Parker

And since Acrobat/Reader does not track a user's initial as part of the identity object, you will either have to have the user enter their initials when the stamp is selected or add a folder level JavaScript to create a variable at the application level to hold the user's initials.

Note this ability to create dynamic requires version 6 Professional or above.

George Kaiser