Sign Documents Electronically - No Printing Needed!

[mathman]

At times I receive a document through e-mail which requires my signature and return. What I do now is print out the document, sign it, scan the signed copy back into the computer, and return via e-mail.

Is there a program which would allow me to sign the document directly on the computer (without printing) and return it?

 

[StevieTNZ]

At times I receive a document through e-mail which requires my signature and return. What I do now is print out the document, sign it, scan the signed copy back into the computer, and return via e-mail.

Is there a program which would allow me to sign the document directly on the computer (without printing) and return it?

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?

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

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

 

[Borg]

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

 

[StevieTNZ]

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?

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

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

That is usually what I do, as well.

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

 

[StevieTNZ]

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.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

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

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?

 

[StevieTNZ]

What "device" do you speak of? :)

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).

 

[mathman]

Thanks for the replies, but I am somewhat limited. My computer is an old-fashioned PC so I don't have any stylus or anything like that. The only freely moving instrument I have is the mouse - cursor. Documents are often PDF and I have Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

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 (?)

 

[StevieTNZ]

Documents are often PDF and I have Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

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

 

[mathman]

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

I don't know. What do I look for?

 

[StevieTNZ]

I don't know. What do I look for?

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