How to add a scanned signature to an e-signature using Acrobat X

Hi Greg,

Reader only allows a PDF image but Acrobat supports other graphic file formats.

Thanks,
Lori

I am trying to apply a custom personal signature as a display to a digital signature but Adobe wont let me select a PNG file. It only allows a file type of PDF.

Hi Trevor North,

In Reader 11.0.10 you can use PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF, and BMP. You should see these options in the browse dialog. If not, what OS are you running Reader on?

Thanks,
Lori

I’m all in favour of using digital signatures but it has to be practical.  To write my actual signature, i need to write it at normal size, if i’m trying to write it at 4” wide, it is no longer my signature as i write it normally - i know the electronic one is the important one in this case but still, it’s nice for the handwritten one to appear as normal.

You also mention that in Reader 11.0.6 it was changed to have different types other than .pdf for importing signature images.  I have Adobe Reader 11.0.10 and it also only offers .pdf, not .jpeg, .gif or others as shown in the video.

Adobe Reader is great for documents, but for image editing - not so hot - why on earth would Adobe only let you import an image that is in .pdf format - come on guys - you arent going to lose anything by letting people import an image as a standard image format like .jpg

You arent going to make this maintstream if you dont make it usable and allowing the signature to be resized is a must - dont make me faff around with workarounds - let me resize the signature and if you can modify your software to do it, then dont force me to use your format!

Hi Jim Montgomery,

Have you tried cropping all the white space around your signature? I use a BMP file that is only 3"x 1” but I don’t have any extra white space around the image.

Thanks,
Lori

Hi Max,

It’s sounds like you need to clear your existing digital signature from the Place Signature command. You should see a small dropdown arrow within the Place Signature command where you can do this.

Thanks,
Lori

I have the same problem as Victor.  I tried writing a significantly larger signature and that helped but in order for it to be usable, the signature would have to be 8 10” wide.  This seems unreasonable.  Any other suggestions?

Hi, I am able to create the signature, but the video leaves out how to place it onto the document. When I choose sign document, or place signature, it goes somewhere totally unrelated and doesn’t let me find my created signature. I says “My existing digital ID from: A file”, etc.
How do I actually place the signature I made onto the document?
thanks

Thanks, it really worked for me, although the signature is little bit small.

Hi Rodolfo,

The capability to add a image signature format for pdf, jpg, png, gif, tiff, tif, or bmp format was only added to the more recent version of Adobe Reader (11.0.06). If any of the commands are grayed out in the Sign panel it may be because the original form was created in LiveCycle Designer or it has an existing digital signature field on the form that was placed there in Acrobat. If there is an existing digital signature field, try removing it first.

Thanks,
Lori

Thanks for your reply Lori, unfortunately I don’t get the image options with just the Place Signature command, even though I’ve saved the pdf Reader extended with the extra tools (for signing) and have the 11.0.06 version of the Reader.

There must be certain conditions I have not met to configure the signature appearance as in the Pro version.

Hi Rodolfo,

When using the Place Signature command (use an Image) in Reader 11.0.06, you can choose from a pdf, jpg, png, gif, tiff, tif, or bmp format.

Thanks,
Lori

Hello Donna

I am using Adobe Acrobat XI Pro and Adobe Reader XI, I’ve noticed that the Acrobat Pro allows me to create a signature appearance based on a GIF image file and the Reader does it only with pdf files, just as your example. I also noticed that the appearance is in a different section of the signature category in the preferences window (that’s why I have not tried exporting from pro and importing into reader yet)

I need my client to sign his document with a signature without the white background, is there a way to configure such appearance in Adobe Reader?

I am not sure where you are getting your info, but good topic. I need to spend some time studying more or understanding more. Thanks for fantastic info. I used to be looking for this info for my mission.

Hi Meagan -

Yes, the image should be a PDF file.

donna.

I have followed your video, however when I go to place the signature in the document the image is not browse-able. Meaning- I can not find the image (Signature) to import. Should I save the image in a certain format to make it visible?

Hi Satish -

I’m very sorry, but it’s almost impossible to convert a handwritten text into searchable text in Acrobat. You might want to use a dictation program and read the documents into the program and convert to text that way. It’s still a lot of work. It may be simpler and faster to retype your content.

donna.

Hi,
All, I have big issue?
How to convert hand written paper scanned
jpg or jpeg image to word or text.
Please suggest me i have thousands of application
to type in excel.
Please do some needful

Talk soon,
Satish

Hi Ben -

Your preferences should be displayed in the signature. Try making another one without the scanned image and see if that works. If so, try it again, or add the image to the one that ‘works’.

donna.

Hi,

When I add my signature, it doesn’t include the time next to it, even though it’s selected in the preferences box? Any idea why it might not be showing?

Ben

Hi Donna…thanks for the tutorial…it helped me set up my hand written signature. Unfortunately, my signature appears very small on the document, unlike your signature in the video that you did.  How can I increase the size of my signature? If I drag the insertion window larger, much of the document I am signing is erased. Please advise.

Thanks!

Hi Victor -

Write your original signature much larger than you would in real life. My example is about four inches wide! After you convert it to PDF and create the stamp, Acrobat automatically decreases its size to a basic stamp size.

donna.