Sign PDF Documents with Adobe Acrobat Reader

Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free PDF document reader that also enables you to electronically sign PDF documents, so you don’t have to print and scan them.

If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, start at Step 2. If you have already installed Acrobat Reader, skip to step 3 to check your version and update to the latest release. Then jump to step 4 to learn how to insert your signature.

1. Check if Acrobat Reader is already installed

Click the Windows START button 
Start typing: acrobat
If you now see Adobe Acrobat Reader on your Start menu, then it is already installed:

Go to Step 3 to check your version and update to the most recent release.
If Acrobat Reader does not show up on your Start menu, then it is not installed; go to Step 2.

2. Download and Install Acrobat Reader

Click on this link (or copy & paste into your web browser):
https://peermont0-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/onedrive_peermont_com/EjGkc1zUa9VJrCk0axZBrXoBiIzYFZ8XgWI08drrkF8h9Q?e=O4JwAS
Your web browser takes you to the download location for Acrobat Reader. Right-click on the file name and select Download:

Click on Save File:

Select your Desktop and click Save:

Once the file has finished downloading, locate the file AcroRdrDC#######_en_US.exe (where #### represents the version number), and double-click on the file to begin setup.

The setup program is extracting the required files (do nothing here, let it finish)

and then begins the installation.

Accept the default settings and click on Install:

The installation now continues with the selected default settings:

When the installation is completed, click Finish:

Adobe Acrobat Reader is now installed on your computer and is the default application for PDF documents. From now on, when you open a PDF file, it will open in Acrobat Reader.

An application shortcut has been placed on your desktop:

The first time you use Acrobat Reader, the licence agreement pops up. Click the Accept button:

3. Check Version and Update

Adobe Acrobat automatically checks for updates and will alert you if a new version is available. However, if you want to check yourself and make sure you are on the latest release, open Acrobat Reader, click on Help -> Check for Updates …

If you are on the latest version, there will be no updates available. If there are any updates, Acrobat Reader will prompt you to install them.

4. Adding your signature and signing documents

You now need to add your signature to Acrobat Reader, so you can then insert your signature in PDF documents, as if you had physically signed the document.

There are many ways to create a signature file, some examples:

draw your signature on a touch enabled laptop / tablet / phone,
sign on a piece of paper and scan your signature on a scanner,
or take a photo of your signature with your smart phone.

Next, double-click any PDF document you have saved on your computer to open it in Acrobat Reader.

Click the pen tool on the toolbar:

Select Add Signature

Now you can select one of 3 options: Type, Draw or Image. Click on Image and the Select Image window pops up:

Locate the image of your signature you saved earlier on your desktop and click Open:

Make sure the Save Signature checkbox is ticked and click Apply:

If you have a touch-enabled laptop, you can select Draw , sign on the screen (you can also do this with your mouse, but the results are usually not great), make sure the Save Signature checkbox is ticked, and click Apply:

You can now move your new signature anywhere on the document, click to place:

Done.

Because you made sure the Save Signature checkbox was ticked, your signature now remains available in Acrobat Reader for repeated future use.

Remember to save the file.

You can also attach your signed document to an email message directly from Acrobat Reader, click the envelope icon on the toolbar:

Select Attach to Email , select the Default email application radio button, tick the Remember my choice checkbox, and click the Send button:

This opens a new email message in Outlook, with your document already attached. Add your recipients and send.