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To add a signature in Adobe Acrobat

  • Oct 03, 2025
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With Adobe Acrobat you scanned signatures in your PDF can insert documents. We explain in this practical tip of how this works. .

Adobe Acrobat: signature in PDF insert

A signature from an external file to insert at the right place in the PDF document, some steps are necessary. The image gallery illustrates this in addition with Screenshots.
  1. Select "Tools" and the Option "Pages", click on "Insert Pages" and select "Insert from File".
  2. Navigate to your scanned signature and click on "Select". The signature is now inserted as a new page in your PDF.
  3. If you select "Tools" -> "Content" -> "Edit Text & Objects" and "Edit Objects", you can select the signature and cut it out.
  4. Insert them at the desired location.
  5. Delete the blank page on which the signature was about "Tools" -> "Pages" -> "Delete" .
  6. Store the document including the signature.
PDF with signature
These instructions apply to Adobe Acrobat X Pro. As with Acrobat, video in PDF files insert, you will learn in the next tip.

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At the top right in Acrobat, the menu item "Tools". Here you can select under "Pages" and "Insert Pages" and "Insert from File".

At the top right in Acrobat, the menu item "Tools". Here you can select under "Pages" and "Insert Pages" and "Insert from File".

An Explorer window will open. Navigate to your signature and select it. Many formats are supported, for example, vector formats such as PDF and EPS, or pixel graphics, such as GIF, JPG, and PNG.

An Explorer window will open. Navigate to your signature and select it. Many formats are supported, for example, vector formats such as PDF and EPS, or pixel graphics, such as GIF, JPG, and PNG.

The signature is inserted in your document as a new page. You decide where the signature should be inserted.

The signature is inserted in your document as a new page. You decide where the signature should be inserted.

Select "Tools" -> "Content" -> "Edit Text & Objects" and "Edit Objects" to edit the signature.

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Select "Tools" -> "Content" -> "Edit Text & Objects" and "Edit Objects" to edit the signature.

Right click on your signature and cut using the "Cut".

Right click on your signature and cut using the "Cut".

Insert at the desired position with a right-click and "Paste". You can then move and scale it until it fits exactly.

Insert at the desired position with a right-click and "Paste". You can then move and scale it until it fits exactly.

Delete the now empty page, on which formerly the signature found by clicking under "Tools" -> "Pages" click "Delete".

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Delete the now empty page, on which formerly the signature found by clicking under "Tools" -> "Pages" click "Delete".

Save the PDF then.

Save the PDF then.

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