How to sign a contract without printing it

The print, sign, scan, email routine wastes twenty minutes and produces a crooked grey scan. You can sign the PDF directly, and the document never leaves your machine.

Sign a PDF
Whichever tool you use here, the file stays on your device. How that works

Step by step

  1. 1Open a PDF and select the page containing the signature line.
  2. 2Use Draw, Type or Upload. A transparent PNG avoids a rectangle around an uploaded mark.
  3. 3Drag the signature in the preview and adjust its width.
  4. 4Save the -signed.pdf copy and inspect it in a reader. Reopen the saved copy to sign another page.

Is a drawn signature legally valid?

Confirm the other party accepts a placed signature image. Brodidit does not determine legal validity or whether a particular agreement requires a different signing system.

The output contains a visible image mark, not a verified identity, certificate or signing audit trail.

One operation signs one selected page. Reopen the saved copy and repeat for additional pages.

Before you send it back

Open the signed file and check that the signature is on the right page, in the right place, and not covering any text. The signature is part of the page once it is saved, so you cannot move it afterwards. If it is wrong, go back to your original and do it again.

A contract that needs a signature on several pages needs one run per page, because one signature goes on one page each time. Sign the first page, then open the saved copy and sign the next, and so on. Keep the unsigned original in case you need it again.

Questions

Is acceptance or legal validity guaranteed?

No. Requirements depend on the recipient and document. Use their required signing system when identity verification, certificates or an audit trail are needed.

What if the signature will not go on?

A PDF that needs a password to open must be unlocked first with Protect PDF. Check that you chose the right page, then try again from the original rather than from a half finished copy.

Can I sign more than one page?

One page per run. To sign several, run the tool again on the saved copy and choose the next page.

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Tools that help with this job

Sign a PDF
Signature makerA transparent PNG of your signatureProtect PDFAdd or remove a password you knowMerge PDFCombine files into one, in any orderWatermarkStamp text across every PDF page