Doc Signing disabled in adobe reader but enabled in Acrobat Pro X1

Question

Hello there,
I have used Acrobat Pro X1 Trial to create a PDF document with a Signature field.  When I view the Properties and Security of the doc I can see that Signing - Is Allowed.
When I open the same document in Adobe Reader X the document security properties allow form fill & printing but not signing.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/acrobat-x/how-to-digitally-sign-a-document-with-adobe-reader/ 
This tutorial shows how to change settings using Acrobat Pro 10.  The same File Save As options are not available in X1.  Am I missing something in Acrobat Pro X1?
Your help would be very much appreaciated!!
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Hi Tim,
There are a couple of things at play here.
First, adding a digital signature is always allowed in Acrobat, but only allowed in Reader if the PDF file has been Reader enabled for signing. To use Acrobat XI to Reader Enable a PDF file for signing you would:
Select the File > Save As Other > Reader Extended PDF > Enable More Tools menu item
Click the Save Now button on the Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader dialog
Select a file name and location, and then click the Save button on the Save As dialog
That would allow the file to be signed when opened in Reader.
However, I did mention that there are two items of consideration. If you are using a Pre-release (beta) version of Acrobat then signing will not work in a release version of Acrobat or Reader. When you said you are using a "trial" version I just want to make sure you mean the released version of Acrobat XI being run under the trial license where you don't have a serial number as opposed to a beta version that made available prior to the release date.
Steve