Document signature

Something like this, connected to your computer via USB? http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/hand-writing-touch-pad-holding-pen-against-computer-38936492.jpg

What format are the documents you are receiving? Word, PDF?

 

I do this all the time. Adobe PDF let's you write on the document and so does the newest version of Word.

EDIT: Shoot, Stevie beat me to it

 

Maybe you could upload a picture of your signature and paste it into the document?

 

That is usually what I do, as well.

But if you are getting PDF's and don't have Adobe Acrobat (compared to Adobe Reader), would you be able to edit the PDF to enable pasting a pic of your signature in the appropriate area?

 

That seems really impractical. But perhaps I'm different.

 

I only do it because the device I have isn't compatible with my current laptop. Need to get a newer one!!

But of course I'm not doing this on official documents. I rarely get forms emailed to me that need filing out and a signature.

 

What "device" do you speak of? :) I've got a graphics tablet that I use all the time. It makes writing on the computer as easy as writing on paper, too. Do you mean something like that?

 

Years and years back, I got myself an AIPTEK Slim Tablet 600U (this may be it -- www.aiptek.de/index.php/en/products/archive/archive-graphic-tablets/slimtablet-600u-premium2).

 

As long as you have a way for plugging a USB type A plug into your PC, it shouldn’t matter how old your computer is . . . . and graphic tablets run quite cheap. Since you wouldn’t be using it for rigorous digital design/art, you could find one for as low as $40 to $50.

Another idea: Download a font that looks similar to your handwriting and just type your name in that font (?)

 

Are the PDF's form formatted, where Adobe Reader allows you to insert text (or tick a box) at various input points?

 

Ah, I see. You're only after requiring the PDF to be signed, and the rest intact. Never mind.