Afterwards, your signature will have an ID code under it, which is clickable for more information about when the document was signed. It may also ask you to download certificates used for the purpose of validating the signature. I chose to just use my Gmail account for simplicity. Note: If you decided to use the 'Foxit eSign' method, It will ask you to 'log in'. You can click it to 'select' the signature, then click on the page where you want it to go.įinally, now you can use the corner handle to drag the signature to make it bigger. On the Protect -> Fill & Sign tab, you now should see your signature in a box near the top left. Click 'OK' and close out until you get back to the main screen. In the window that opens, click 'Create' or 'Add', then select the 'Import' tab at the top, like so:Ĭlick 'Upload Signature' and select the image file you created in step one. Click the 'Manage Signatures' button as seen here:

This will automatically move you to a new tab called 'Fill & Sign'. Step Two: Open Foxit Reader and click on the 'Protect' tab at the top. If you need a proper 'e-signature' which can be validated, perform the same steps, but use the 'Foxit eSign' tab instead of the 'Protect' tab. Important Note: I am going to show you how to simply add your graphical signature to a file. Make sure to sign it nice and big, so if you need to resize it later you can. Step One: Sign your name on a white sheet of paper and scan it.Ĭrop it, and save as jpg or png.

Just make sure to get the FREE version you don't need anything more advanced than that.Īs of the time of this writing, I am using version 12, though these instructions should work similarly for other versions. I recommend downloading it from, as that's the easiest way to install it, but you can download it from their official site as well. Let me show you the easiest way I've found: using the free program Foxit PDF Reader. But that is time-consuming, wastes paper, and the original PDF file ends up looking degraded from the trip through the printer & re-scanning. You could always print it out, sign, then scan to a PDF. Let's say you need to sign a document and send it back to the person requesting it via email.

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