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Acrobat x and inserting pages after signature

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2011-03-17 08:08:54
AdobeUser
Registered: Aug 22 2007
Posts: 24
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Hello, we are using Adobe Acrobat X Professional with Windows 7. We have different document requirements, but consistantly, we need the documents to be signed by the creater and then signed again by another person as an approval. Occasionally, after a PDF document is signed, it needs to edited to add a page or make a change to the document. In the past, with Acrobat 8, this type of change was possible. A page could be removed and a new one added in its place. Is there a way to change the security settings to permit this without it being necessary to rescan or recreate the entire document over again?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.0, Windows
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2011-03-24 18:18:47
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AnnaLu
Expert
Registered: Aug 13 2010
Posts: 20
Since what you are doing has about the same level of security as an ink signature, what about one of these two options?

1. Have the document creator apply his/her signature as a rubber stamp annotation (Comment>Annotations>Add Stamp>Custom Stamps>Create Custom Stamp). You will need a scanned image file of the person's signature to select for the custom stamp.2. Have the document creator sign via Acrobat X's Apply Ink Signature tool (Tools>Sign & Certify>Apply Ink Signature)
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2011-03-25 07:28:28
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AdobeUser
Registered: Aug 22 2007
Posts: 24
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Hello, thank you for your input. In checking this, I am wondering if there is a way to lock the signature or stamp after the document is eventually final. It seems both the rubber stamp and the Ink Signature tool can be removed or deleted. We would like the signature to be locked to the document at some point. Would this be possible?
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2011-03-25 08:33:55
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UVSAR
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Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
You can run the flattenPages() command to turn any markup (including stamps) into page content and make them more difficult to remove - though bear in mind it will also flatten any interactive rich media elements. If you only want to flatten specific types of annotation there's a free tool to help.Even when flattened, Acrobat will still be able to remove stamps using the Edit Object tools, though they won't be in the Comments lists anymore so it becomes unlikely anyone would do it accidentally.
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