
Acrobat 9 Family of Products
Signing Documents
Security Feature User Guide
Signing in a Browser 98
Figure 68 Signing a document: Signature details
5. Configure the Sign Document dialog:
Digital ID
: Select a digital ID. The digital ID selected as the default for signing is automatically
selected. For details about changing the default, see
“Specifying Digital ID Usage” on page 15
. If the
desired digital ID is not listed, select
Refresh ID List
if your digital ID is on a hardware device which
you recently connected, or select
New ID
to create or install a new digital ID now.
Password
: Enter a password if the selected digital ID requires it.
Appearance
: Select an appearance or use the default one.
Reason
: If the application is configured to display the
Reason for Signing Document
field, choose
an item from the list or enter a new reason.
Location
and
Contact Info
fields: If desired, fill in these optional fields.
6. Choose
Sign
.
7. Save the document.
6.3.2 Signing in a Browser
To sign a document in a browser, the document must contain an empty signature field:
1. Click on any signature field or choose
Pen Icon > Sign Document
on the Tasks toolbar, and then follow
the steps described in
Signing Documents in Acrobat
.
2. To retain a copy of the signed document, choose the
File > Save A Copy
.