You have received a document that you need to sign and return to the sender, but you;

  1. Don’t have a printer
  2. Don’t have a scanner
  3. One or both parties don’t have a fax machine

There are however some good built-in tools in Adobe Reader for this.

First you need to create your signature. The easiest way of doing this is to just write it on a piece of paper and take a picture of it with your cell phone. 

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 After taking a close up of your signature, you can use your favorite image editor to make the background transparent, if necessary. We should now have an image that looks something like this. 

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  1. Open the PDF file in Adobe Reader
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  2. Click Tools, and Fill and Sign.
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  3. Click Image, and then Select Image to find your file
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  4. The signature should now be visible, and we can click apply
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  5. Adjust the signature image in the PDF, so that it aligns with the line, and save the document.
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You can now attach the signed PDF and email it back to the sender.

Now that you've perfected your digital signature, save it on your computer for future uses!