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The answer is similar to the Why is Dropbox more popular than other programs with similar functionality? [ https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Dropbox-more-popular-than-other-programs-with-similar-functionality ] question[1], the crux of which is that normal people don't want a Comprehensive Software Solution Package. They want a tool that does something for them. Dropbox: There is a folder and you put files in it. It syncs. HelloFax: You upload a file and sign it. It sends. Let's say you are a harried entrepreneur who is incorporating his/her company, and finds that s/he needs to sign and fax back the final documents. You just want to get this done as fast as possible and you don't want to drive to Kinkos, so you start looking online for a solution. Try going to EchoSign's webpage: http://www.echosign.com/ Now look at HelloFax: https://www.hellofax.com/ Which one looks more intimidating? Do you want an electronic signature solution or do you just want to sign it and be done with this "fax" problem? When someone asks me to fax something back, I don't think "Ah! This situation calls for an electronic signature! A web application that facilitates electronic signatures would be just the ticket!" Instead, I think, "WTF you neanderthal, why do you still have a fax machine?" I just want to get my signature onto that document, which I already have on my computer, and send it off to them. Most people requesting a "fax" will take a PDF via email, which HelloFax can send, or if they really are neanderthals, they will have an actual fax number, and HelloFax can send it there too. That's all I know and understand, and I need a simple service that transparently does this. HelloFax does it; I have no idea if EchoSign can even send something to a fax number or, from their website, exactly what they do[2]. [1] Fun tip: click on the "more" link showing the "votes by" for Michael Wolfe's answer on that page. [2] Edited: Antone Johnson's answer does a good job explaining what EchoSign is all about.

Most importantly, we will grow from where we are today (about 1% of all contracts signed on the web) to 50%+ (the majority) in 4-6 years.  The broader market will grow 50x, and with that, the market will fundamentally change.At a product/technical level, there will be at least 3 important evolutions as the % of contracts signed on the web that we see at EchoSign:Seamless web workflow (integrations).  Today, it's still relatively nichey to, for example, create a document in Google Docs or pull a form from DropBox or Box.net, review/edit/collaborate on the document, send it out to get signed, and then have it all stored on the web, in the cloud.  In 3-5 years, the entire contracting workflow and process will be 100% web and cloud based.100% web-based contract.  Today, only a minority of e-signed contracts are created purely on the web.  Instead, most contracts are still local content - a local PDF, or a local Word document.  In 3-5 years, the contract will be 100% web-based and completely abstracted from not only paper, but from an off-line contract creation process.  This makes e-signatures a requisite, not optional, part of the contracting process.Dramatically more functionality.  From a functionality perspective, the solutions and market are still at a nascent stage.  As the market grows 50x in the next few years, the demands for functionality will grow 50x.  Whether it's basic things like HTML5 support for e-signing on the iPad, or tailoring the electronic signature experience in real-time based on the country the signer is in, or bigger changes, like true web-based contract collaboration, the bar will continue to go up.Because of this, the market is likely to end up with "2.5" leading players.  E-signatures and e-contracting are too nuanced, and require too much workflow and too high a level of user-specific functionality, to become just a feature of another solution.  The level of solution complexity certainly is not as high as standalone CRM, for example (where competing with Salesforce.com at this point is impractical), but it is much higher than simple web apps (e.g., document or content storage) or even web conferencing/collaboration (WebEx/GoToMeeting/etc.).  The solutions also benefit from scale and users, but do not have a true network effect.  Also, electronic signatures have a signNow legal component, which creates challenges to immature products.Thus, 4-5 years out (perhaps not 3), we are likely to see (x) e-signatures having become the primary way contracts are signed, period, with (y) a few leaders (a la WebEx and GoToMeeting) whose products are deeply integrated with, but not subsumed by, the workflows and integrations of the web, along with a few smaller players with niche offerings and relatively small customer bases.

There are number of possible reasons:- technology has come a long way towards the conversion of paper to digital, but there remain factors that have not yet been overcome in a robust  way. For example, some office documents simply can not be signed digitally due to regulatory or industry restrictions.  The tools to determine if a digital document has been tampered with are not readily available, making a paper document, stored in a safe environment more secure (for now). - since the tools to go paperless are not yet completely available, and a regular part of our daily life, there is still a generational factor that leads to reluctance to move away from what's known.  Paper is still tangible. - capturing signatures on paper is simple and an accepted practice. The tools to capture that same signature digitally are only now becoming accessible. That means the original copy is still needed, even if it is also stored digitally. - you can't staple digital copies. That may seem odd, but consider that a stapled package of papers will have some obvious consistencies to it. A multi page digital document could be modified in any number of ways and it would be difficult to detect a change from the original source. I live in Canada and the government is starting to go more digital. This is a good trend and will make it easier for businesses to also modify their paper archiving requirements. Places like the Apple stores have virtually eliminated paper from their systems. The move to paperless is underway!The necessary technology tools are becoming more pervasive and we are probably only a few years away from having more examples of completely paperless offices in North America.

Salesforce itself and many tools created for it have nothing to do with the ease of use or the “user friendly” term, so I am on the same page with you in this regard. Based on your question, you are not looking for an online documentation tool and the documents you would like to auto-generate are not user guides. Am I right? If I am, then some of the tools people try to recommend are irrelevant, which means that your question would benefit from some details. Let me ask a few questions that will help you find the answer:Is it MS Word documents that you try to generate? Would using MS Word macros suite your needs?Are you ready to write code/script to automate the process?Should the docs be generated as a part of an automated process through API?Should the tool be installed in your network, or cloud-based would work?Should the tool be platform-independent?Will you need advanced formatting (images, backgrouns, header, footer) or settings specific to printed formats?Do you need to auto-update a document once it has been generated once?By answering those questions for yourself, you will better understand what you need, and will easier find a solution.

Do you (i) just want to paste the image, or do you want to (ii) tie this to a digital signature? You can do it either way with signNow Pro. (i) If you are just pasting the image then use the Comment markup tool called 'stamps'. In Acrobat 9 Pro this is accessed via Comments %3E Comment & Markup Tools %3E Stamps %3E Create Custom Stamp. Here you can select the page from any existing PDF file and use that as your image. There's also a shortcut if you just want to past an image file, as Joel Geraci points out: "copy your signature to the clipboard, open the file in Acrobat, paste. The image will become a 'stamp' that you can then size and position as needed." (ii) Acrobat digital signatures allow you to configure an image to be used when signing with a public private key pair. The advantage is that the document is protected from tampering by a cryptographic hash. The tools for creating a signature appearance are found under Preferences %3E Security. Look for Digital Signatures %3E Appearance, click New, select Imported Graphic and click File. You then select the page of a PDF file, just as you did with the stamp tool. Note that you'll need a certificate (public private key pair) to use with this feature, but it is fairly easy to create your own self-signed certificate. How do you turn the scan of your signature into a page of a PDF? For a bitmap result just drag the image onto Acrobat, or open the image file using the Acrobat File %3E Open menu command, making sure to select 'show all files' in the Open dialog. If you want a nice line art signature you will need to trace your signature and save it as a PDF. signNow Illustrator has a great trace feature that can be used for this purpose.

Unlike editing text or images within a PDF, drawing on a PDF is a relatively simple task. Desktop PDF Readers I would recommend using signNow (available on both PC and Mac). You can download Reader for free here: signNow Reader DC [ https://get.signNow.com/reader/ ] After opening Reader, click the "Comment" tab in the navigation bar, and then "Drawing Markups". You should be able to cover it with shapes including a rectangle or circle. There is also an eraser tool that may be useful for what you are trying to accomplish. Online PDF editors Personally, I'm a fan of using online PDF tools given that they are also free and have many features allowing you to perform a broader range of tasks. They are particularly useful if you need to regularly merge, split, sign and rotate PDF files. For online PDF services, I would check out PDF Pro [ https://www.pdfpro.co/ ] (full disclosure - I founded PDF Pro). After uploading a PDF file to the online PDF editor, you can draw a range of shapes or use the eraser to modify the contents of your exam. Good luck!

I have come across a nice workflow and a document management tool, it is called Ultra Documents. It is very simple and easy to use; you can get setup and start a workflow in minutes. Ultra Documents comes with Document Management, document merging, Workflow process, Custom Forms, Electronic signature & various applications, the nice thing is it has a free version with all features available to you. Give it a try.

Around 2005 I published a paper on something I'd been working on, intermittently, since I took over the project in 1994.  The guy I took it over from had worked on it since about 1991 or so.  He had long since moved on from the lab, as had most of the other people who had dabbled in it in the meanwhile.I went to the boxes on the tops of the shelves, looked for the one marked "1991", and took down Ethan's lab notebook. I flipped through a little bit and found the dose of mutagenesis he had used, the time course, the date and passage at which the cells had appeared, and all the tracking info.  Noted it down in the "Materials and Methods" and moved on to the next paper.Between 1991 and 2005 we had used the following methods of electronic storage: 5-inch floppies, 3-inch floppies, zip drives, Bernoulli drives, CDs, and DVDs.  Of those, we could still easily read the CDs and the DVDs; reading any of the older media would have been a major job just to find the proper drives. That's not to even mention the various software packages, computer drives and so on, many of which were no longer compatible with the then-present hardware.Fourteen years isn't even that long a time.  But how many of the software packages that are being considered will be compatible in 14 years time? But the notebook, written in neat blue ink on old-fashioned paper, was still perfectly usable; as are paper-and-ink notebooks from hundreds of years ago.If you're fine with your lab notes becoming obsolete (and therefore, your work being unpublishable) within 5 to 10 years, then go ahead and consider electronic lab notebooks.  If you'd prefer that you will be able to publish and support your work in the future, I recommend paper and ink.  Since no one will listen to me anyway, I will at least urge you to have a plain-text version automatically generated, perhaps with markup (or markdown) if you must. Plain text may be boring, but it won't go away in five years.(Added later): That's not to say you can't take advantage of electronic notes as well as having a pen-and-paper notebook, but the electronic copy should be secondary. I have used Dokuwiki as a secondary notebook, taking advantage of searchability and linking. I chose Dokuwiki because behind the scenes it saves entries as plain text (with markup), so that the data are still going to be present even if/when Dokuwiki shuts down.