{"id":20838,"date":"2021-07-06T14:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T18:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=20838"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:58:09","slug":"signing-pdf-documents-with-adobe-reader","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/article\/signing-pdf-documents-with-adobe-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Signing PDF Documents with Adobe Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adobe Reader is a free application that can be used to read, fill, and sign PDF documents.<\/p>\n \t\t

\r\n \t\t\tInstalling Adobe Reader<\/span> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t

\r\n \t\t\t\t\tYou can install Adobe reader using either AppsAnywhere<\/a> or Company Portal if you’re on Windows<\/a>. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n

Signing a PDF<\/h2>\n
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  1. Open the PDF document that you would like to sign in Adobe Reader.<\/li>\n
  2. In the toolbar on the left, select Fill & Sign.<\/strong>
    \n    \"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. There may already be a signature here. If you want to use it, you can click it and skip to step 6. If not, click the X<\/strong> to the right of the signature to remove it.\"Adobe<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Click Add signature<\/strong> to open a signature creation window.\"Add<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. You can type your name, draw it with the mouse cursor or a touch pen, or upload an image to use as a signature. Choose the input method using the tabs at the top of the window. When you’re finished, click Apply<\/strong>.\"Signature<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Your signature should appear under your cursor. You can click and drag it to your desired location. To finalize your signature, save the file.\"Signature<\/a> \t\t
    \r\n \t\t\tSignatures are permanent<\/span> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t

    \r\n \t\t\t\t\tWhen you save a file with a signature placed in it, you will not be able to change or remove that signature later. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Adobe Reader is a free application that can be used to read, fill, and sign PDF documents. Signing a PDF Open the PDF document that you would like to sign in Adobe Reader. In the toolbar on the left, select Fill & Sign. There may already be a signature here….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[272],"ht-kb-tag":[434],"class_list":["post-20838","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-software-and-licensing","ht_kb_tag-adobe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/20838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20838"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/20838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32274,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/20838\/revisions\/32274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=20838"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=20838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}