How to Add a Digital ID Signature to an Adobe PDF

How to Add a Digital ID Signature to an Adobe PDF

Some College processes and procedures, such as submitting documents to the Academic Affairs and Standards Council (AASC) might require you to add a timestamped Adobe Digital ID signature to your PDF. Remember, once you sign it you should not make any further changes to the PDF document. 

Instructions

  1. Make sure you are signed into Adobe Acrobat or Reader by clicking on the circle in the upper-right hand corner. You may sign in with your firstname.lastname [at] saintpaul.edu Adobe Account, not your Minn State email or Star ID. 
    1. A screenshot of adobe showing the profile button in the upper right hand corner
    2. If you need to create an Adobe account, please put in a ticket to the IT help desk as soon as possible with the reason for requesting the account listed as your need to edit PDFs.
    3. If you have an Adobe account but need to create a digital signature, read these instructions
  2. In your PDF document, navigate to the appropriate signature box and click on it.

  3. A box titled "Sign with a Digital ID" will pop up, be sure to select your Digital ID, not your Star ID and click 'Continue'
    1. A screenshot of the Digital ID selection pop up

  4. On the next pop-up, click 'sign' to sign it, you may be prompted to enter your Adobe Digital ID password
    1. A screenshot of the Digital ID signature signing pop upor:
  5. Lastly, please Save your document to make sure the signature doesn't disappear

For more Help

  1. How to Create a Digital ID
  2. Managing Digital IDs (external)


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