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Sign & Mark

Create and add customizable handwritten signatures, text, and symbols such as check marks to your file, as quick solutions for completing forms and other documents.

Sign & Mark items do not provide security; therefore, they do not appear in the Signatures and Sign / Certify panels. Click the Sign (Sign icon) or Certify (Certify icon) tool to place digital signatures that provide security.

Insert text and symbols

  1. Select Security > Sign and Certify > Sign & Mark.

    The Sign & Mark context-sensitive tab appears.

  2. Click the object to insert in the document:
    In Power PDF Reader, Sign & Mark only includes the Handwritten signature functionality.

    • Check mark

    • Cross

    • Line

    • Rectangle

    • Dot

    • Text

    • Handwritten signature

  3. Click inside the document to place the selected object.

    • When inserting text, a text cursor appears indicating that you can start typing.

    • When inserting a symbol or handwritten signature, every new click in the document inserts the selected item again.

Insert a handwritten signature

The Sign & Mark tab contains the following tools for creating and inserting handwritten signatures:

  • Handwritten Signature: Click to insert your signature. If you do not have any signatures yet, the Add a Signature dialog box appears.

  • Manage Signatures: Click the plus icon to create a new signature. You can draw or type your signature, or import a scanned file that contains it. Depending on your choice, you can customize options such as color, line width, and font. To further customize your handwritten signature, see Edit Sign & Mark objects.

For more information, see Use handwritten signatures.

Edit Sign & Mark objects

Follow these instructions to customize an already inserted object.

  1. Select Security > Sign and Certify > Sign & Mark.
  2. Select the object and related customization options:

    • Color Style

    • Color

    • Opacity

    • Font Size (for text only)

      This option is available when the text cursor is active.

  3. Selecting the object also enables you to move or resize it. Use the handles of the bounding rectangle to resize it, or any other area of the selection to move the object.
  4. To close the Sign & Mark tab, select Sign & Mark > Close.
Alternatively, select Edit > Modify > Edit Object. This opens the Tools tab, where you can choose from clipboard operations, select flip, rotate or other transformation commands, and more. See Tools tab.