Overview
Adobe Acrobat has a feature to sign PDF's with a digital certificate. This functionality may meet your needs for a digital signature without purchasing the full Adobe Sign.
How To Digitally Sign
First, create a Self-Signed Digital ID (Signature) by following Adobe's instructions on their website. You may also set that signature as default by following the section Specify the default digital ID.
To use your Digital ID for the first time:
- Open the PDF in Acrobat.
- Select Tools.
- Open the Certificate tool.
- Select the Digitally Sign option at the top of the window.
- Highlight the area that needs to be signed.
- Select the signature to be used.
- Enter the Digital ID pass and select sign.
- Save the PDF.
NOTE: Digital signature passwords cannot be recovered. If you do not remember your digital signature password, you must delete the digital signature and create a new one.