Preview User Guide

Some PDFs are forms you can fill out and then print or send. (PDF forms that aren’t editable won’t allow you to select or enter text.) If a form requires a signature, you can add your signature to the PDF.

Fill out a PDF form

1. In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF form.

2. Click a field in the form, then type your text.

Click on the 'Insert' tab, and then go to the 'Shapes' button in the 'Illustrations' area. Select the 'Scribble' tool, which is located under the 'Lines' heading. Click it and draw your signature with the mouse, holding down the left mouse button the entire time you're drawing it. Step 4: Click 'OK' and the signature line will appear on the word file. When adding a signature line with the method above, it comes with a big 'X'. If you do not like this, you can use the following method to add a signature line. Step 1: Move the cursor to the end of the document, and click 'Table' from the 'Insert' tab in the ribbon to make. Method #3: Signature line with an introductory text for online document Step #1: Open the Word document. Open the Word document where you want to insert or draw the signature line. Step #2: Insert a 1×1 table. Place the cursor where you want the signature line to appear. Click on the Insert tab on the top menu bar to change the ribbon. On Word installed to your Mac click 'Insert' 'Pictures' 'Picture from File' to get the process started. From the dialogue box, which appears, you need to make sure that the picture is selected. Click the picture once added to the Word to reveal the format tab. Click the crop to resize the signature as your needs.

If you save the form (by choosing File > Export), you can close it, open it later, and continue to fill it out.

Create and use signatures

To sign PDFs, you can capture your signature using your trackpad, the built-in camera on your Mac, or your iPhone or iPad.

1. In the Preview app on your Mac, click the Show Markup Toolbar button (if the Markup toolbar isn’t showing), then click the Sign button .

2. Follow the onscreen instructions to create and save your signature.

   • Create a signature using your trackpad: Click Trackpad, click the text as prompted, sign your name on the trackpad using your finger, press any key, then click Done. If you don’t like the results, click Clear, then try again.

     If your Mac has a Force Touch trackpad, you can press your finger more firmly on the trackpad to sign with a heavier, darker line.

   • Create a signature using your computer’s built-in camera: Click Camera. Hold your signature (on white paper) facing the camera so that your signature is level with the blue line in the window. When your signature appears in the window, click Done. If you don’t like the results, click Clear, then try again.

   • Create a signature using your iPhone or iPad: Click Select Device to choose a device (if more than one is available). On your device, use your finger or Apple Pencil (on iPad) to sign your name, then click Done. If you don’t like the results, click Clear, then try again.

3. Click the Sign button , then click the signature to add it to your PDF.

   Choose the signature you want to use, drag it to where you want it, then use the handles to adjust the size.

If you use iCloud Drive, your signatures are available on your other Mac computers that have iCloud Drive turned on.

Delete a saved signature

1. In the Preview app on your Mac, click the Show Markup Toolbar button (if the Markup toolbar isn’t showing).

2. Click the Sign button , position the pointer over the signature, then click the X to the right.

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The signature is deleted from all apps that use Markup on your Mac computer. If you have iCloud Drive turned on, the signature is also deleted from your other Mac computers that use iCloud Drive.