Thank you for the feedback. Glad to hear you find PDF Signer useful and time saving. There are many ways to setup your signature for use with PDF Signer - any image manipulation tool that can remove the background will work. You can even do it with the Mac's 'Preview' app (there are instructions in PDF Signer's help).
PDF Signer for Mac lies within Productivity Tools, more precisely Office Tools. This Mac app was originally produced by Pragmatico ltd. Our antivirus analysis shows that this Mac download is virus free. PDF Signer works fine with Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later. The most popular versions of PDF Signer for Mac are 1.5, 1.3 and 1.2. PDF Editor Mac is a free PDF editor mac from the individual developer. Although it may not have a beautiful interface and is not intuitive, it has the standard features for light users. You can edit, rotate and annotate PDF documents.
Installation Steps |
| Step 1: Obtain a CAC Reader |
| Step 2:CAC Reader driver |
| Step 3:DoD Certificates |
| Step 4:ActivClient |
| Step 4a:Update ActivClient |
| Step 5: IE adjustments |
| Log into a CAC enabled website now |
| Step 6: Signing Forms (Army) |
The Army has migrated to Adobe fillable forms. The Army Publishing Directorate began converting the Army's inventory of IBM Lotus forms to PDF in the first quarter of FY 2014. Lotus Forms and eSign software are no longer supported by the Army Publishing Directorate.
Per the Army Publishing Directorate (APD): 'As discussed in ALARACT 179/2014 and ALARACT 223/2014, IBM Lotus Forms Viewer and Silanis eSign software are no longer supported Army wide as of 1 October 2014. This software was removed from the Army Gold Master (AGM) images. If you currently have the software loaded, you should uninstall it from your computer as it is no longer licensed Army-wide. Prior to uninstalling the software, you should save the forms to PDF. If you don't have the full Adobe software consider a PDF printer like DoPDF.
Test your digital signature with the Portable Document Format - Fillable (PDF-F) link:
At the location where you need to sign, you should see a pink ribbon icon like this...
If you are not seeing the pink ribbon on the PDF (like these images)
Make sure you have Adobe Reader installed and set as the default PDF viewer. The Windows 8.1 & 10 built in PDF viewers will not work for digitally signing forms. Sometimes saving the file to your computer and working with that form rather than in the web browser will give you less problems.
Alternate / standalone download location: https://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise
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Windows users:
Problem 1: There is an issue on 'some' Windows computers with Adobe Reader DC installed when trying to sign forms. The error message people are seeing is 'Error encountered while signing: The Windows Cryptographic Service Provider reported an error: Key does not exist. Error Code: 2148073485'
Solution 1-1: Update your Adobe Reader DC by opening any PDF, click Help, then Check for Updates...
Solution 1-2: APDs solution is to uninstall Adobe Reader DC, Restart computer, download, install, and use Adobe Reader XI (Select Operating System, Language, and Reader 11.x.x).
Problem 2: When trying to sign a PDF-F, you receive this message 'The Windows Cryptographic Service Provider reported an error: The keyset is not defined. Error Code: 2148073497'
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'The Windows Cryptographic Service Provider reported an error: The security token does not have storage space available for an additional container. Error Code: 2148073507'
or
you get a message something like this 'The smart card cannot perform the requested operation or the operation requires a different smart card':
Solution 2: Select the other certificate (if default was DOD CA-xx, try DOD EMAIL CA-xx) or vice versa.
How to set Adobe as the default PDF viewer in Windows 10:
1. Click on Windows Logo (lower left corner of screen) > Settings > System > Default Apps
2. Scroll down and select 'Choose default Apps by file type.'
3. Scroll down and look for '.pdf' on the left side, click on 'Microsoft Edge' to select, once 'choose an app' popup opens, select 'Adobe Reader,' Close the window
If you want to open / work on an any PDF files you need to have Adobe Reader installed on your Mac and make it your default PDF viewer. By default your Mac uses Viewer to open the PDFs, which will not work. Saving the file to your computer, then opening it is best practice.
Alternate / standalone download location: https://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise
Mac OS 10.12.x (Sierra) through 10.15.x (Catalina) and now 11.1 (Big Sur) users need to make some adjustments in Adobe to be able to sign PDFs. This is only when using the native Apple Smart Card Ability and Adobe Reader, please verify these settings on your Mac:
Open an Adobe PDF file,
Select the words Adobe Reader (at the top of the screen)
Click Preferences
Under Categories, scroll down to Signatures
In the Creation and Appearance section, click More
Make sure Enable CryptoTokenKit framework support is checked.
You might also need to changethe Default Signing Format to CAdES-Equivalent
If you don't see these options, it could be you have an older version of Adobe Reader. Go to: https://get.adobe.com/reader and update your Adobe Reader
Legacy support for Lotus Forms and eSign is now provided only by the ECMS help desk at: army.ecmshelpdeskfcmp@mail.mil or 703-379-4805
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE NOW SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED ALL NEEDED PROGRAMS ON YOUR COMPUTER.
PDF Signer Express is an application for Signing, Editing, Marking Up, Reading, and Annotating PDFs effortlessly! Insert Stamps, Checkboxes, Shapes, Fill out Forms, Annotate PDFs, Insert Signatures, and even embed QR Codes/Barcodes in no time flat. PDF Signer Express is not only loaded with features, but is also easy to use things such as PDF Signing and Annotatin. Featuring iCloud technology, PDF Signer Express keeps your documents in sync across your devices, so you can edit PDFs on the go and PDFs are automatically propagated to all your devices. PDF Signer Express also features iCloud Drive which makes it easy to access your files on any device* and with iCloud HandOff/Continuity, you can begin editing a PDF on one device, and continue on another** With our PDF Reader feature, you can go from Editing a PDF to Reading a PDF with a single click!
Features shared by both iOS and OS X:
- Full iCloud support; Keep your PDFs in Sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac; and with iCloud Drive, Windows PCs as well*
- Innovative iCloud Continuity/HandOff technology lets you start work on one device and continue on another (Mac, iPad, iPhone)**
- Freely draw on PDFs retaining Vector information and features Vector drawing tools, keeping PDF file sizes small
- Innovative Text Tool lets you Click/Touch to type anywhere
- Unique Cut Tool makes it easy to select content in a PDF and delete/copy/reposition copy instantly (iPad/Mac)
- Insert Images/Graphics, Text, and even Web Pages (iPad/Mac)
- Advanced Speech-To-Text Dictation anywhere you can type (Press Dictation key on keyboard on iOS, press 'Fn' key twice on OS X) (iPad/Mac)
- iCloud is completely optional - PDF Signer Express works just as well offline as online!
OS X Only Features:
- Create and Save a Signature with TouchPad/Mouse for later use
- Create and Embed QR Codes into PDFs with Text/Hyperlinks
- Create and Embed Code 128 Barcodes with Text/Hyperlinks
- Share a PDF with anyone in the world instantly with a Download Link to iCloud.com
- PDF Reader Feature lets you sit back and read PDFs when you don't need to edit