Ink-Style Signature for Reader

Good afternoon everybody,
I am relatively new to Acrobat Pro and have something that I can't seem to wrap my brain around. I'm using Acrobat Pro 9 and Snow Leopard. I am trying to create a form that has a signature field that will allow a user to sign the PDF from within Acrobat Reader either with the mouse, a signature pad, or a Wacom tablet. For the life of me, I can not seem to create the signature field properly in Acrobat so that it works in Reader. All of the other fields (text boxes, checkboxes) work fine, it's just the signature field I can't grasp. Any suggestions, or walkthroughs, would be most appreciated on how to setup a signature field in Acrobat Pro so that a user can open the PDF in Reader, draw their signature with an input device, and then save it as a new PDF with all of the forms including the signature filled in with their responses. Thank you in advance for any and all help. Have a great day.

G’ day „smith2012“,
I have detected your entry about embedding ink signatures in Adobe forms. As the company I am working for is an Adobe Security software partner and frequently dealing with this topic I would like to give you some hints on that matter if you are interested in using the signature in a trustworthy manner.
The original aim of signing on paper is that the signer declares an intent which is related to the content of the document. Nowadays many companies are capturing a signature image (graphic file, i.e. JPG, GIF) and paste it into documents or even a e-mail message. This image will not allow any further verification process if its authenticity is in doubt. It is more or less "decoration".
Handwritten signatures on paper are often also described as "wet ink signatures". The electronic equivalent is a "digital ink signature". "Digital ink" became a common feature in the mainstream PCs with the launch of Windows Vista, e.g. for comments or annotations. Digital is a feature which is available in Microsoft Office 2007 or in Adobe Acrobat 9 ("Apply Ink Signature"). These features put a handwriting-like signature on a file that could be printed out or emailed, much in the same way a fax signature might work. These signatures can be manipulated, duplicated or deleted. There exists no protection against document tampering hence these kind of signature can be repudiated easily. It is important to keep in mind that a signature which was captured using digital ink is not securely bound to a document.
There are tools such as “SignDoc” which may be used in addition to Adobe’s products for trustworthy signing. If you are interested you can read more details at www.signdoc.de/trust .
You may also be interested in knowing that processing Signatures typically require the embedding in a workflow. Some examples how this can be executed also with zero installation effort on the client side are explained at www.softpro.de/signdocweb
Hope this entry was of some help.
Regards
Joerg

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