Enable Adobe Reader to Digitally Sign PDF created with Acrobat Pro 9

Hi All,
I am trying to figure out how to enable adobe readers to digitally sign PDFs I create. I currently have Acrobat Pro 9.
Customer Support said that I need to save it as a "Reader Extended" format, but I cant find this option anywhere.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Matt

Thanks Ben,
Unfortunately, that video is for acrobat X or above and I cant find the "save as reader extended" option in Acrobat Pro 9.
Can this be done from this version?
Thanks again
Matt

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