Geek Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/signature-mac-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Digital Signature in Mac OS X Lion" title="signature-mac-os-x-lion" width="620" height="307" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19961" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a> brings a revamped Preview app that includes the extremely useful Digital Signature feature built right in. Using your Macs built-in iSight camera to capture your signature, Preview can keep multiple electronic signatures on file which can then be amended to PDF’s.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Setting a Digital Signature in OS X Lion Preview</h2> <ul> <li>Launch Preview, and from the Preview menu select “Preferences”</li> <li>Click on “Signatures” and then “Create Signature”</li> <li>Write your signature on a piece of white paper and hold it up to the camera, try to have it somewhat straight on the blue line and watch the “Signature Preview” pane until you are satisfied with the way it looks</li> <li>Click on “Accept” to capture the digital signature</li> </ul> <p>Now you can access and stamp your signature onto any PDF files opened within Preview. Technically you can store multiple signatures, so if you want to set additional ones or if your signature has changed, it’s the same steps as above.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Using the Digital Signature in OS X Lion Preview</h2> <ul> <li>Open the PDF file you want to sign</li> <li>Click on the Annotations button (pencil icon) followed by the Signatures button (see image below)</li> <p><lI>Now click within the document where you want the signature to appear</li> </ul> <p>Voila, once the PDF is signed, just save the document and it’s ready to be used.</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/use-signature-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Use your digital signature in Mac OS X Lion Preview" title="use-signature-os-x-lion" width="489" height="104" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19962" /></p> <p>This works quite well and it’s a lot faster than printing out, signing, then scanning or faxing a document just so you can get your signature onto something. If you haven’t set your elecronic signature yet in Mac OS X, do it, it’s a very useful feature.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/urZe1o0Z1gCj-Da44z1bGDB-Fv0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/urZe1o0Z1gCj-Da44z1bGDB-Fv0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/urZe1o0Z1gCj-Da44z1bGDB-Fv0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/urZe1o0Z1gCj-Da44z1bGDB-Fv0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Zbahiy4dBlE:EsWNfFYufy0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Zbahiy4dBlE:EsWNfFYufy0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=Zbahiy4dBlE:EsWNfFYufy0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Zbahiy4dBlE:EsWNfFYufy0:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=Zbahiy4dBlE:EsWNfFYufy0:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Zbahiy4dBlE:EsWNfFYufy0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Zbahiy4dBlE:EsWNfFYufy0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/Zbahiy4dBlE" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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