Adobe Digital Signature

Digital Signature 

Note: If you have not installed your digital certificate on your computer, please read through the Enroll, Install and Publish a Digital Certificate article before you begin.

Digital Certificates are only available for Staff, Faculty and Graduate Students. Requests from Undergraduate Students will be denied.
  • Open the PDF form you want your signature on, in Adobe.
  • If you have received a document with no active signature fields, click on the Tools menu on the top-left.

Tools menu in Adobe Reader.

  • Select the Certificates icon > Open.

Certificates icon in Adobe Reader.

  • Go back to the tab of your selected PDF, click on the Digitally Sign option that appears in the middle of the taskbar.

Digitally Sign option in Adobe Reader.

  • Click and drag to draw the area where you would like the signature to appear using your mouse.
    • Once you finish dragging out the desired size, you will continue to the signing process.
  • "Sign with a Digital ID" wizard will appear.
  • Select the Digital ID you want to use for signing > Continue.

Sign with a Digital id wizard with Continue button.

  • Review your signature on the pop-up window and click Sign.

Screen to review your signature and sign.

  • Enter the password you set earlier while downloading the certificate to your computer > Allow.
Note: You will get this prompt to enter your password only if you set a password while creating your digital certificate.
  • The "Save As" window will come up.
    • Save the form in the location of your choice.

Screen to enter credentials to allow access to private key.

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