How to lock form fields using a digital signature and Acrobat XI

Hi Brent Stewart,

To add a visual graphic to your digital signature, open the Preferences and select the Signatures category. Click More under Creation & Appearances, then click New at the bottom.

Digital signatures are a specific implementation of electronic signatures that require certificates. Not all electronic signatures are just a ink image on the page - some also include a secure and legal process like EchoSign. You can find more details at:
https://www.echosign.adobe.com/en/about-e-signatures.html

Thanks,
Lori

In this tutorial you use the terms “electronic signature” and “digital signature” interchangeably. However my understanding is that a digital signature (digital ID) refers to a cryptographically secure authorization, whereas an electronic signature is just an image of a signature. I am trying to find out how to create an electronic signature field in a pdf. Every online article seems to describe only the process of creating a digital ID field. The digital ID field will not work for the addition of a simple graphic signature image. Can you help? Thanks.

Antonia: “When I click to select the fields I want, they don’t check.”

Use the space bar to select the fields rather than trying to use the mouse.

Have you tried adding a certificate signature? 

Thanks.
Lori

Hi Todd,

Have you tried adding a certificate signature?

Thanks,
Lori

How can I do this on a PC?  There is no “signed” tab when double clicking on the field.  I am running Windows 7 and only need my signature to be added.  I’ve tried rt. clicking and adding a new field for digital signature but I still cannot use the signature I created in Acrobat 11.

Antonia Highlight the fields with the mouse, then use the space bar to select your fields rather than trying to use the mouse to click the check box.

Hi Matt Bowman,

I see Steve answered your question in the U2U forums - it’s all about integrity and validation, which is why digital signature fields can’t be duplicated and need to be saved each time.
https://forums.adobe.com/message/6501762#6501762

Thanks,
Lori

Hi Lori,

I have a stakeholder requesting a form with 3 signees on it, however two of these signees are required to sign the form in multiple signiture fields. Is there a way to do this without requiring them to save after each signature?

Thanks,
Matt

Hi Lori,

I am getting stuck on Step 6. When I click to select the fields I want, they don’t check. I can “select all” and then they all check, but then when I click to un-check specific ones, they don’t un-check either. It’s all or nothing.

Antonia

Hi Megan,

Make sure you don’t have any punctuation or spaces in your form field names, sometimes this can create problems.

Thanks,
Lori

Some of the fields I try to mark as read only (both while using “just these” and “except these”) will give me a message saying the “field does not exist.” How do I fix this?