How to Sign a Document With an Electronic Digital Signature
With so much business being conducted on the Internet, being able to digitally sign documents is a great asset to people who need to provide documents for business, financial, or other reasons. Digital signatures also help in creating electronic "paper" trails. And, no, a scanned in signature attached as a jpg does not count as a digital signature. A scanned in signature is an electronic signature. They are fine for casual use, but an electronic signature does not provide security for your document. Suppose you emailed a letter with your electronic signature attached and that person saved your signature as a jpg file. Then that person could write another letter and attach your signature to it. You can buy digital signatures from companies online.
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Instructions
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Write your name on a piece of white paper.
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Scan in your name and save it on your computer where you can find it.
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Open the scanned picture in a photo editing program and crop it to just include your signature without too much of a white margin.
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Save your scanned electronic signature.
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Buy a digital signature. Search online for companies that sell them.
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Follow the company's instructions for attaching the digital signature.
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Tips & Warnings
Office 2007 programs have the option of creating digital signatures on the fly. See the Reference section below for more information on that.
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