Generate a PDF from Excel with a Digital Signature Field?

Hello,
I have an excel workbook that is filled out weekly- I then have to generate a PDF with a digital signature field for a manager to sign (vouching for the data). I currently have to manually generate the PDF and then manually add a digital signature field. Is there any way to generate the PDF from excel with a digital signature field that can then be signed?
Thanks for any help
-Nathan

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