Use stamps

The Stamps panel is called from the Panel bar by the following tool:

If you do not see this tool, right-click in an empty area of the Panel bar and select it.

All stamps in a document can be transformed from annotations to document objects by the command Flatten Document (Advanced Processing > Flatten File) or deleted by Remove Document Elements (in the Security ribbon) when the category Comments is selected.
Handwritten signatures can be placed in a document from the Security ribbon, these are handled as stamps; they do not appear in the Stamps panel but they do appear in the Comments panel and can be commented, reviewed and so on.

Place a stamp at a defined place in your PDF file

Select a stamp and do any of the following:
- Drag it from the Stamps panel to the desired place on the page.
- Click the desired location on the page.

The stamp appears with its original sizing.

Select a stamp in the Stamps panel.

The stamp cursor appears.
Use the cursor to draw a rectangle of the required size and location.

The stamp is resized to fit the rectangle.

You can create and add stamps from any supported image file using the Create button on the Stamps panel. You can categorize your stamp collection.

Select the Hand tool at the top of the Panel bar.

The Stamp Tool tab appears for quick color and opacity settings.
Right-click a stamp in the Document window for a shortcut menu.
Select Properties to display the Stamp Properties dialog box.
To change appearance, alter the following settings in the Display page:
- Color
- Opacity
To update the subject and the author of the stamp, edit the fields on the Author and Subject page.
Optionally, review revision history on the History page.
To prevent further changes to the stamp, select Protected.
Click Close.

Select the Hand tool or the Select tool at the top of the Panel bar.
Click the stamp and drag it to a new location.

Press and hold ⌘Command as you drag to copy the stamp.
Drag the corner of a stamp's bounding rectangle to resize it.

Click the Select tool at the top of the Panel bar.
Select multiple stamps using any of the following ways.
- Draw a rectangle around the stamps. If there is text behind the stamps in the selected area, then a confirmation message appears, click Annotation to proceed.
  
  The selection rectangle may include not only stamps but annotations also.
- Press and hold ⌘Command or Shift while clicking on multiple stamps to select individual stamps or a line of stamps.
Right-click on any of the selected stamps for a shortcut menu.

The context menu shows up.
Use the commands in the Align, Center, Distribute and Size groups to align, center or distribute the stamps or to unify their sizes.
Click Properties to change the properties of all selected stamps at once.

Place the stamp on a page, right-click on it and select Apply to All Pages.

Select the Hand tool at the top of the Panel bar.
Right-click a stamp in the Document window for a shortcut menu.
Select Apply to All Pages.

The chosen stamp will appear on all pages with the same size and location as the original.