Adding an Electronic Signature in a PDF

Adobe Acrobat Professional is required to insert electronic signature fields into PDF documents. Note that this procedure may differ according to the version of Adobe Acrobat Professional being used. The procedure below is described using version 7.0.

1. Using Adobe Acrobat Professional, open a PDF document.
2. In the Tools menu, select Advanced Editing, then Text Field Tool.
3. Draw a box using your cursor.
4. In the Text Field Properties window, under the General tab, type the code of the Esignature field in the Name field and replace the forward slash “/” by a dot “.”.
   If you named Signature1 as "NondisclosureAgreementEsig" then it will still be found as "ESignature01" and its corresponding Date will be "Esignature01Date".
5. Enter any other information to appear on the PDF.
   For example, the Esignature[Number]FullName field can be displayed in dark blue italics to simulate an ink signature while the rest of the PDF's text can be black.

Electronic signature fields will appear on the PDF after they have been associated with any candidate/new hire as long as a successful electronic signature has been captured for that set of fields during the current process. The PDF document containing an electronic signature can be used in the Onboarding (Transitions) Center and in the Candidate Portal within any Onboarding (Transitions) Task.