How to Create an Adobe Digital ID Signature
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
This guide will tell you how to create a Digital ID Signature if you do not already have one.
- Open the PDF you would like to sign
- 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.
- 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.
- Click on the signature box you need to sign, it usually has a red box or small red flag on or around it
- Click on Configure New Digital ID
- Select Create a new Digital ID, then Continue
- Select Save to File, then Continue
- Enter your name, department, and Saint Paul College email, then continue
- Enter a password, confirm it, and then click save. Please write down this password and you will need it to sign!
- You may now use your new Digital ID to sign th edocument
- Enter your password and click sign
- Save the PDF
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