Hi Everyone, this is Sharon. Let's make an
electronic signature on our Mac that we can use to sign PDFs and other documents. We'll make this
electronic signature on our Mac using Preview, Mac's built-in image viewer. Then we can take that
signature and digitally add it to PDFs and other documents with just a few clicks. Let's check
it out. The first thing we are going to do is open Preview on our Mac. You can either click the
Launchpad and select "Preview." Or, you can click on the Spotlight Search at the top right-hand
side of your screen and then type "Preview." Click Preview to open. Notice the Preview menu
items at the top of your screen. Click on: Tools > Annotate > Signature > Manage
Signatures…This opens the Manage Signatures pop-up box and allows you to create your
electronic signature in one of three ways. The first option is to use the Trackpad. Click
the "Click Here to Begin" button and sign your name on the Trackpad using your finger. When you
are done, click any key on your keyboard. If you don't like it, click "Clear" and start again. You
can also select a description for your signature. Your signature will be automatically saved for use
when you click "Done." Now let's click on create signature. The second option is to use the Mac's
Camera. The Camera allows you to capture an image of your hand-written signature to use as your
electronic signature. For this option, sign your name on a white piece of paper, so you will
have it ready to hold in front of your Camera. When you're ready to capture it, click on Camera,
and hold the paper with your signature up to your Camera. The image of your signature will render in
the window, and you can click on "Done." Now let's click on create signature again so we can look
at the third option, which is to use your iPhone. Make sure your iPhone and Mac are connected
to the same WiFi network in order for this to work. The iPhone option allows you to sign electronically
on your iPhone using your finger. Click on "iPhone," then unlock your iPhone screen. The signature window will appear on your iPhone,
then you can draw your signature and click "Done" on your iPhone. That electronic signature is now
automatically saved in Preview on your Mac. Now that we have our electronic signatures created, we
can use these to sign PDFs and other documents on our Mac, like Word or Pages documents. First,
let's pull up a PDF that needs our signature. In the top right, click the "Show Markup Toolbar"
icon. Then select the "Sign" drop-down and click on the signature you want to insert. This inserts
the signature into the PDF as an image that you can click and drag to place it where you want
to display your signature. You can resize the image by dragging it in or out on the corner of
the image. Click outside the image to deselect, and then you're ready to save your document and
send it out. Now let's take a look at how we can use this electronic signature on document types
other than PDFs, on your Mac. Let's open a Word document. First, we want to grab a screenshot of
a blank white area, so click Command + Shift + 4 and then click and drag your mouse to draw a box.
The screenshot will appear on your desktop. From there, do a Control + Click on the screenshot,
and select Open With…Preview. Click "Show Markup Toolbar," go to the "Sign" drop-down, and choose
the signature you want to use. Resize it up to fill the box, and then go to File and click Save.
Now you can drag the signature over to your Word or Pages document and place it where you want
to have your signature. Resize it as needed, and use it as your new electronic signature on your Mac. If
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