Preview 5.x: Sign a PDF document
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Sign a PDF document using Preview
You can take a picture of your handwritten signature and then add it to any PDF document.
Take a picture of a signature
- Choose Preview > Preferences, click Signatures, and then click Create Signature.
If a signature already exists, you can choose the Create Signature command from the Signature pop-up menu in the Annotations toolbar.
- Follow the instructions displayed onscreen.
Make sure your signature fills the box on the left and sits on the blue baseline.
- When the signature preview looks correct, click Accept.
Sign a document
- Click Show Edit Toolbar.
- From the Signature pop-up menu, choose a signature.
- Click the location where you want the signature to appear.
If you click a line, Preview shrinks the signature, if necessary, to fit on it.
Delete a saved signature
- Click Show Edit Toolbar.
- From the Signature pop-up menu, choose Manage Signatures.
- Select the signature, and then click Delete (-).
Last Modified: Sep 3, 2015
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