I need to digital sign a document using Acrobat Reader. Is it possibile?

I am an IT Manager for a little city in northern italy.
I have almost 50 clients with smart cards enabled for what concerns digital signage.
I use flawlessy the software of the firm who provides the smart card. (infocamere.it).
This uses sha256 crypt, no problems about it.
The problem I have is:
The final file is a "p7m" envelope.
I would prefer to use a "pdf" envelope. One only file.
I tried to follow this video
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/acrobat-x/how-to-digitally-sign-a-document-with-adobe-reader/
Simply it doesn't work.
I have also a couple of Acrobat Standard.
I can "pdf-sign" with Acrobat Standard 9.
I am not able to do the same with reader 9 or X.
There is a way to do it?
Thank You.

You can sign a PDF using Adobe Reader 9 or X, but the document must be "Reader Extended" to enable this functionality, This can be done using ADEP\LiveCycle Reader Extensions (server product) or Acrobat Professional 9 (Advanced > Extend Features in Adobe Reader) or Acrobat X Professional (File > Save As > Reader extended PDF)
For some more info...  http://www.adobe.com/eeurope/products/server/readerextensions/  or http://help.adobe.com/en_US/enterpriseplatform/10.0/Overview/WS92d06802c76abadb2c8525912dd cb9aad9-7ffa.html
Regards
Steve

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