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Select the digital signature tool, and drag to create a signature box.
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In the Log In dialog box, click New User Profile.
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In the Create New User dialog box, enter a name for your user profile. Do not use
accented characters or any of the following characters: ! @ # $ % ^ & *, double quotation
marks, and | \ ; < > _. When you add a signature to a document, this user profile name is
the name you’ll see in the Signatures palette. It is also the name that will appear in the
signature field.
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Enter a password containing at least six characters. You need to enter the same
password in both the User Password and Confirm Password text boxes.
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Click OK.
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Click Save. The default location for saving your profile file is the Acrobat Preferences
folder (Windows) or the Adobe Acrobat 5.0 folder (Mac OS).
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Do one of the following:
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Click OK to end the profile creation process.
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Click User Settings to change the profile’s password, and password options, to set the
appearance of your signature, to configure picture appearances, or to add certificates
to your list of trusted certificates.
Backing up your profiles
Acrobat Self-Sign Security does not automatically back up your profiles.You should create
a backup file whenever you create a new profile.
To back up your profile:
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Choose Tools > Self-Sign Security > User Settings. (You must be logged into your
profile.)
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In the User Settings dialog box, select User Information in the left panel.
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For Profile File, click Backup. Browse to select a location for your backup file, and click
OK (Windows) or Backup (Mac OS).
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Click Close.
Adding graphics to signatures
You can use a picture or a combination of graphics and words as your digital signature.
You might want to include your company logo or use an image of your handwritten
signature.The amount and type of information that can be contained in a digital signature
also means that it can meet legal requirements.
You can also write text on a Palm organizer, store the text as a picture, and then use the
picture in a digital signature. Most often, the text is a handwritten signature, but you can
also use this feature to create a short handwritten message or a freehand drawing to
appear with digital signatures. Acrobat provides an application to use for writing text on
your Palm organizer. For information, see the Adobe Web site (www.adobe.com).
To add a picture to a signature:
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Create or import a picture from any authoring application, place the graphic on a page
by itself
, and convert the file to PDF.