Digitally Sign a PDF using Certificate-Based Signatures

If you need to sign a document using a Certificate-Based Signatures instead of an image signature, follow these steps to add the Signature form field.

1. Add signature field to document
   
   
   1. Method 1: Sign > Create Form
      
   2. Method 2: More Tools > Prepare Form
      
      
2. Place the signature field into the document
   
3. Close the Prepare Form page
   
4. Click on the signature field to add a certificate-based signature
   
5. Select your digital signature or Configure a New Digital ID
   
6. Click Continue
   
7. Sign using the Standard Text signature
   
   
8. Or Create a new signature
   
   
   1. Creating a new certificate-base signature
      Customize the signature appearance by using the default text of your name, drawing your signature, uploading a photo, selecting an image, or none.
      
   2. Select what to include:
      1. Name: your common name
      2. Date
      3. Logo: the Adobe logo
      4. Reason
      5. Distinguished Name: a string representation of your name
      6. Acrobat version
      7. Location
      8. Labels
   3. Preset name: to identify multiple custom signatures
      
   4. To edit any custom signatures, select the signature, and click Edit
      
   5. Save the custom signature
9. Sign the document
   
10. Save a copy of the signed document