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How to eSign a document: digital signature licitness for forms in Canada

this video is to show you how to request a digital signature on a PDF form when going paperless you often need to send a document to someone to sign this video shows you how to do that using the Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader program to request signatures on a document you can use the paid version of Adobe Acrobat Reader or the free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader called Adobe Acrobat Reader d-c please note that if you're using the free DC version you're only able to request signatures on two documents per month with Adobe Reader open we go to file and open the PDF were interested in having someone sign choosing this from our file system we'll hit cancel on this assistive reading technology dialog that pops up then from the menu on the right hand side we can scroll down and select the fill and sign tool we'll choose the option for a request signature and I'm on the free version to show you this limit of two documents at for free every 30 days we'll move past this by hitting get started we're prompted to create an account so we'll hit continue with Google this will open a window in our web browser where we can select our Ashland edu account my system is asking me for permission for this so I'll hit OK now we're signed in and the program is ready to go my document is loaded and now I add the email addresses of who I want to sign my document I've added a signatory so the next step is to hit specify where to sign document will be uploaded this can take a bit of time once the document has finished uploading you'll be presented with this screen here you can click to add fields where you would like people to sign and fill out different information in our example I'm asking for a signature and the date I will click where I want the signature applied if you don't click in the exact right place you can choose the dot dot dot and hit delete field sometimes it takes me a few tries perfect now that I've clicked in the right area you can choose text if they're filling out information signature if they're applying a signature or the dot for a few more options this is where I want the signature to go so I'll select signature below that Adobe has correctly guessed that I want this to be for the date some examples of other fields I could ask for includes spots for name date email and check boxes which you can place next to items you type in on the PDF now that I've requested all the fields I'm after I'll hit Send this confirmation screen tells us the document has been successfully sent for signature with the document sent you can hit close to show what it looks like for a signer they receive this email where they click review and sign they click on the fields to add their signature where they can type it draw it upload an image or even create their signature on a mobile device I'll choose the option for type then hit apply then as the signer I hit click to sign it's a confirmation screen saying the document has been signed switching back over to the view of the person who sent and requested the signature I've gotten an email confirmation that the form has been sent out for signature and since I just logged in as the sign II and signed it I have another email confirmation here saying that the person I requested the signature has signed and filed the document the signed document is attached to this email receipt and I can also click to view it online through my Adobe sign account this concludes how to request a signature through Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Acrobat Reader DC