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USING ACROBAT 9 STANDARD
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If you selected Reason, click Advanced Preferences, and, in the Creation pane, select Show Reasons When Signing.
If you selected Location, select Show Location And Contact Information When Signing.
Review the document carefully.
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Before you sign any document, physically or electronically, make sure that you know what you are signing and
where all the signature fields are. Because dynamic content might alter the appearance of the PDF and mislead you,
view the document in Preview Document mode before signing. To use Preview Document mode, open the
Preferences dialog box and select Security on the left; then, select View Documents In Preview Document Mode
When Signing.
Check each page of a document for signature fields. You may need to sign a document in more than one place. Each
signature field is unique, so your signature won't automatically be copied from one field to the other signature fields
in the document.
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Sign the PDF.
To sign the document, click the signature field. If no signature field exists, choose Sign > Place Signature from the
Tasks toolbar and draw a signature field on the page.
If you've set Acrobat to display documents in Preview Document mode before signing, a document message bar
reports whether any dynamic content exists in the document. When you've reviewed the document, click Sign
Document in the document message bar to proceed.
Choose a signature appearance when signing a document.
In the Sign Document dialog box, select an appearance, and then add any information it requires, such as the
location or the reason for signing. Enter a password if your digital ID requires it. Click Sign. Give the document a
new name so that you can change the original PDF without invalidating the signature, and click Save.
When you apply a digital signature, Acrobat embeds an encrypted message digest in the PDF. Acrobat also embeds
the details from your certificate and a version of the document at the time it was signed.
Distribute your certificate.
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To verify your digital ID, others who view your document must have the public certificate from your digital ID. To
send your certificate, choose Advanced > Security Settings, and select Digital IDs on the left. Expand the list, select
the digital ID you want to share, and click Export. Follow the onscreen instructions to email your certificate as an
FDF file to someone or to save the certificate as a different file type.
Last updated 9/30/2011
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