I have had good experiences with a black pen, but a blue pen will work as well. You do of course have the option to remove the signature after you used it – most certainly something to consider when you’re not the only person using this computer or if a computer is publicly accessible.įirst grab a piece of white paper and write your signature on it. Note: This step is only needed the first time you want to place a signature on a PDF, for this particular computer. Step 2 – Create a Electronic Signature (one time only) Otherwise, open Preview, and use the File menu to open the file. If you haven’t installed any other PDF reader, then simply double clicking the PDF will do the trick as Preview is by default set as the PDF reader under MacOS X. Preview has the tendency to save changes to the original (who came up with THAT stupid idea?).Īnyhow … open the original and choose “File” “Duplicate”, or simply duplicate the original in The Finder. I strongly recommend working with a copy of the PDF you’re about to edit.

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