TABLE OF CONTENTS Blank signature fields are useful for an approval cycle, for instance, where a document is reviewed by several people, each signing to specify their acceptance of the contents. If you need to protect a signature further, you can sign a document and preserve the signature in a read-only field.
Follow these steps to sign and preserve a signature in a document that contains no other signatures:
Click the Sign task button's drop-down arrow and choose Sign This Document.
The Document is Not Certified dialog box opens, giving you the option to continue with signing, or certify the document instead. Click Continue Signing to close the dialog.
The Sign Document dialog box opens. Choose either to display the signature or create an invisible signature field, and click Next.
The dialog box closes, and the Signature tool is active. Draw a marquee on the document to define the signature's location.
Release the mouse; the Apply Digital Signature - Digital ID Selection dialog box opens. Select the digital ID to use for the signature (Figure 10.15).
Select a Digital ID persistence option on the dialog box. You can choose from three levels of persistence: always use the same ID, use the same ID for the current program session, or ask each time a digital ID is applied.
Click OK to select the signature and display the Apply Signature to Document dialog box (identical in content to the Save as Certified Document - Sign dialog box shown in Figure 10.10).
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