Sign PDF Files

• Overview
• Create and Apply a Handwritten Signature
• Clear a Saved Signatures

Overview

Foxit Reader provides quick signature features to sign PDF files with your own handwriting. Signatures can be created from an image of your signature or by writing it by yourself. You can quickly and easily place and apply signatures in PDF files to indicate your approval or consent.

Create and Apply a Handwritten Signature

You can draw or insert an image of your handwritten signature to sign a PDF file.

• Click beside the Connect button in the Common Tools toolbar, and select Protect;
• In the Protect toolbar, click the PDF Sign button and choose Create Signature;
• In the PDF Sign window, choose one of the following ways to create a signature:
  • To draw your signature: click Draw > draw your signature in the field > click Done upon completion.
  • To create a signature from an image: click Image > Add Images > select an image of your signature and select Open > click Done upon completion.
• Click at the place in the PDF file where you want to place the signature;
• If necessary, drag the handle to resize the signature. Before applying the signature, you can right-click the signature and choose relevant options from the context menu to copy, cut, paste, or delete the signature.
• When you save the PDF file, all the signatures will be applied and saved. You can also right-click the signature and select Apply Signature to apply the signature.

Tip:

• Once applied, the signature can no longer be edited or deleted.
• Once you have completed creating the signature, the signature will be saved and displayed in the PDF Sign list. You can directly select it from the list the next time you want to sign PDF files with that signature.

Clear a Saved Signature

If you have already created and saved signatures in Foxit Reader, the signatures will be displayed in the PDF Sign list as options for you to choose from. If you need to clear a saved signature, follow the steps below:

• Click beside the Connect button in the Common Tools toolbar, and select Protect;
• Click the PDF Sign button in the Protect toolbar;
• Move your pointer over the signature that you want to remove from the list, and then click beside it.