PDF is the most widely used format for contracts, receipts and invoices these days. For a working procedure to run, you need to sign and send your PDF contracts and important files to your partners. Signing a PDF document electronically or digitally saves you a load of time. You won’t need to print the files and then sign them manually. In this article, I will tell you how to sign a PDF with e-signature and digital signature.
You can use Wondershare PDFelement to sign your documents. It is a beneficial tool that comes in with a lot of features such as viewing, creating, editing, protecting, converting and sharing PDF files. With it you can create and add industry standard e-signature and encrypted digital signature, making the procedure stress-free and also speeding up your work flow with your co- workers, clients and partners.
PDFelement is a well-designed and well-presented application offers various wide-ranging editing features, allowing modification to texts, addition of graphics, and all the other attributes of a PDF document one can ever think of. This application is also capable of performing conversion between PDF files and many other kinds of files including all the standard Microsoft office files.
Launch PDFelement on your computer and then load the PDF that you want to add signature. You can either click the "Open" button on the Home window or go to "File > Open" to import your file.
You can just sign your name on a piece of blank paper and use a scanner to scan it or simply just take a snapshot of it. Save that snapshot as an image in PNG or JPG format. In the "Comment" menu, click "Create Custom Stamp" by illuminating the "Create Stamp" drop down the list. After that, you'll be asked to browse your PC for the scanned handwritten signature. Simply click your handwritten signature in the "Stamps" option under the "Comment" menu and place it on the PDF.
To sign PDF with digital sign, you need to navigate to the "Protect" tab and click "Sign Document". If you already have a digital ID, browse it to import to PDFelement. If you don’t already have a digital ID, create one with your name or email address or company name etc. When you are finished with importing or creating your digital ID, it will lead you back to "Sign Document" with your ID info displayed in the box. Click "Sign", then your signature is added to the PDF file.
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