Cannot use an ink signature

Acrobat Pro 11.0
I have a signature image (jpg) set up, and have used it often to sign PDF forms.
Today I tried to sign a form in the customary way, and the "Place Signature" button only permits a digital signature. There is no way to find or use the image signature.
What happened?

When clicking the "place signature" button, I was getting a dialog box for setup of a digital signature. Not what I wanted.
However, I solved my problem by clicking the drop down button to the right of "place signature", and clicking "change saved signature".  This got me back to where I needed to be, able to use again my picture of a signature in jpg format.

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