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hello my name is scott and welcome to another help desk tutorial today we're going to be talking about electronic signatures and how to add them to your adobe acrobat an electronic signature or an e-signature is a way to sign documents in a binding way so that you don't have to print or create a hard copy this easily allows you to email your acknowledgement on a form contract or document there are two ways to sign electronically by e-signature and digital signature both methods are accepted as acknowledgement of a form contract or document the originator of the document will determine which type of signature to be used so what's the difference an e-signature is a signature that is accepted as acknowledgment of legal consent to a form or contract it is applied using your mouse or other user interface device such as a touch screen on an ipad or a tablet to draw you can also import a picture of your signature or text of your signature most documents that need signing can be done using your e-signature a digital signature is the same as an e-signature but there is an added layer of security through a cryptographic key that helps determine after the signature is applied if the document was tampered with a digital signature also provides a visible timestamp of when the document was signed a kind of notary validation but warning this does not replace the use of a notary public if one is required if a digital signature is required a field looking like this in adobe acrobat will be placed in the document if this field is not in place you can usually use an e-signature to sign if you are still questioning which signature you need to use contact the sender of the document to clarify what signature you need so let's create your e-signature as you can see we have adobe acrobat open with a sample signature page open on the right-hand side go ahead and click fill and sign this brings up the option to sign the document click on sign and then add signature it opens up a dialog box where you can create your signature by typing it in or you have the option to draw with your mouse cursor or import an image if you want to change the style of how it looks go ahead and click the drop down change style once you're satisfied with your signature click apply this turns your mouse cursor into your signature and go ahead and drop in the approximate location on where you need to sign using the drag arrows you can resize your signature or you can also resize it using the big a to increase the size or the small a to decrease the size once you're happy with the placement go ahead and fill out the rest of the form once you're done filling out go ahead and save your document now your signature is in place if you need to design additional spaces you can go ahead and click sign again and then you'll have a copy of your saved signature already there and that's how you create your esignature let's create your digital signature as you can see we both have our adobe acrobat open along with our sample signature page go to the very top left hand corner on windows it's under edit on mac it's under the acrobat banner click and go down to preferences in preferences scroll down on the left hand side until you see signatures click on signatures and bring up identities and trust certificates click more this brings up a box where you can add your new id go ahead and click add id and brings up a dialog and you're going to create a new digital id the second option click next and then you're going to select the first option new pkcs id enter your information in the corresponding boxes most importantly fill out the name and email address once it's all completed click next and then it'll prompt you to create a password go ahead and create your password and then click finish now you just created your digital signature go ahead and close your boxes until you're back to your main page make sure you fill out the form beforehand because once you apply your digital id it'll prompt you to save the document go ahead and just click the field and then it'll bring up your options to select your digital id go ahead and click continue once you have your selected and then if you're satisfied put in your password to apply your id sign and then it'll prompt you to save your document as you can see it put in your signature along with a timestamp of when you completed the signing and that's how you create your digital signature so you want your digital signature to be your signature instead of text to do that go back into your preferences under signatures go to creation and appearance and click more under appearances go ahead and click new now you can name your signature then go to imported graphic go to file and browse for the picture of your signature once you have it selected it will show you a preview of what it will look like and then click ok you can exit all these dialog boxes and go back to your page as you can see we have a digital signature but we do not have the field for it so we click on more tools and then we'll click on certificates at the top there's an option to digitally sign click ok and then use your cursor to draw where you want to sign select your signature and then from appearance up on top you can select which version of your signature you want to use once you select it go ahead and type in your password so you can create your signature now you have your actual signature instead of text for your signature thanks for sticking around till the end if you have any questions leave a comment down below if you want to call us directly we have the extension 271 or from off campus 455-0271 or you can contact us via our email address lcchelp hawaii.edu also we have our link to our website and description down below