electronic signature

[JohnCove]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Can someone tell me how to set up an electronic signature that can be dropped on to documents in Word.

Many thanks

JohnC

 

[CyberTaz]

You first need to have a copy of the signature saved as a graphic file of
some sort - For example, scanned & saved as PNG. It may have to be edited
for print dimensions, etc. using a graphics app. (Alternatively you can
'create' the signature image in a drawing/graphics program.)

The image can then be added to the Office Scrapbook or saved as an AutoText
entry. Either way, the signature image can be inserted into a document at
any time.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

You need to set it up so it can not be altered in some way. I haven't
tried, in a lot of applications you do such with a stamp save as a stamp
file and call it up.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi John:

There are two issues here: one is to "prove you originated a document" and
the other is "to make it look like you originated a document".

The first requirement is a thing called "Digital Signing", and that is
likely to come in the next version of Microsoft Office for Mac, but the
current version can't do it. Currently, only Office 2007 and Office 2010
have it.

The second requirement simply involves inserting an image of your signature
into the document.

Personally, I use an EPS of my signature for that purpose, because it scales
to any size.

The signature that I use is carefully selected to look "like" my real
signature, but it is NOT the one I use on cheques. I would not want to go
spraying the Internet with my real signature. I can't think of anyone on
the Internet I would like to be writing cheques on my account

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
Can someone tell me how to set up an electronic signature that can be dropped
on to documents in Word.

Many thanks

JohnC

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[JohnCove]

Thanks all, really appreciate your advice.

Im not sure about PNG or EPS, but I can get a pdf of my signature, through scanning on the office photocopier. Will this do?

Also, Ive never used Scrapbook or Autotext.

Is there a website that gives me some idea of how to use these?

Many thanks

JohnC

 

[CyberTaz]

Yeah, there's a web site, but the info is right there for you on your Mac in
Word Help. Have a look at the topics;

For AutoText: 'Have Word complete your typing'
For Scrapbook: 'Store text and graphics for future use' & 'Use a logo across
Office applications'

You can also visit the Help & How To page of the Mactopia site:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.mspx

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

Hi John:

The Office 2008 Help will show you how to use both.

See the Help topic "Use a logo across Office applications"

The Help IS a website

PDF is not a great choice as a format, simply because it will be both big
and blurry coming off a scanner.

If your scanner will produce PDF, it will also produce either GIF or TIFF.
If you can get TIFF, open it in Preview and Save As a GIF file. Ideally, you
would open it in a real graphics application, if you have one, and save it
as a "single-bit" or "black and white" GIF.

Scan your signature at at least 300 dpi: a signature looks really silly if
it pixelates because the scanner wasn't set fine enough.

The MOST important part of preparing a Signature file is to make it SMALL
because you want to email it. I convert mine to a single colour (black and
white) which gets it down to 12 kb. Some people forget this step and end up
with a file as much as 100 times the size. Which means their emails will
simply be blocked by recipients thinking they are spam

Hope this helps

Thanks all, really appreciate your advice.

Im not sure about PNG or EPS, but I can get a pdf of my signature, through
scanning on the office photocopier. Will this do?

Also, Ive never used Scrapbook or Autotext.

Is there a website that gives me some idea of how to use these?

Many thanks

JohnC

--

The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]