How to remove a dialogue with the placement of the signature in Acrobat XI

Question

Hello
I have a problem. After upgrading to Acrobat Standard XI during the signing dialog still shows:
"To start the certification process, select the Create a new rectangle for signature and then drag to select the area where you want the certifying signature appeared. After marking the desired area to get the next step in the certification process. "
At the first signing I understand, but when our accounting so signed dozens of invoices per hour, the next step is clickable for her very annoying. I do not understand that there is no check box "Do not show".
More can be seen on this video: http://screenr.com/gCT7
Do not know if it can not be turned off somewhere? If a developer reads this, please add the option Do not show this dialog.
Thank you for every answer.
regards
Ales Ulrych

Answer 1

Hi Ales,
I have your request an pass it on to the UI design team, however, I wouldn't count on the change. As a bit of background, when you click the Drag New Signature Rectangle button you are changing the state of Acrobat taking it out of the Selection Tool mode (the arrow cursor) and putting it into the Form Editing mode (the cross hair cursor). At this point the user needs someway to naturally get back to the default Selection Tool mode. The next step in the workflow is to display the Certify Document dialog, and either clicking the Sign button or the Cancel button will put the user back into the default mode. Clicking the Cancel button on the dialog you would like to have removed will also put you back into the default Selection Tool mode.
However, if the dialog was suppressed via the "Do not show again" checkbox then clicking on the toolbar icon that starts the signing process would put you into Form Editing mode and you would have to know how to get back into the default mode if you decided to cancel the signing operation without inscribing a signature form field. It can be done by selecting the Selection Tool toolbar icon, but it is not intuitive. What has to be weighed here is what will the greatest amount of users find to be the easiest workflow. Being able to suppress the Draw Rectangle dialog will add more confusion for the casual user, and the greatest amount of users creating a digital signature on the fly tend to be casual users (that is casual users of digital signatures, not of Acrobat in general).
I'd suggest that if you want to eliminate the create a signature form field on the fly process then add one to the document as part of your file creation process. That way the signer can right click on the signature field to get to the Certify Document dialog and wouldn't have to worry about adding a signature field. Also, using Seed Value (applied during file creation) you make it so the signer can only add a certifying signature and simplify the workflow to a single click to get the Certify Document dialog.
Steve