Insert signature after document password protected

Is there a way to insert a signature after the document has been password protected?

I think it would be better if you set it up to use a digital signature. You can add a signature field to the form and the user could sign it. The appearance for the signature could be the same thing as it would be if they placed the signature using the method you pointed out. It could also be set up to lock the document after the signature is placeed, which will prevent others from changing it. The users will need to be informaed about creating or otherwise obtaining a digital ID to use when signing, but this isn't too difficult.
One probelm with e-signing is Acrobat/Reader flattens the form when the document is saved. This prevents the user from revising it if needed. It also removes the form fields and just leaves their appearances, making it very difficult to extract the form data if needed. It also means you can't use security like you want. Digital signatures provide a better way to verify that a particular person signed the document. An e-signature used outside of a service like EchoSign does not provide any level of verification.
Without knowing the specific needs of the cleints of the consultants, it's hard to say for sure what the best approach is.

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I tested under 10.4.11 and 10.5.7.
On my machines, Spotlight is unable to search in password protected Pages documents.
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If you were to think laterally about this, you could also create encrypted archives for just those folders or files you were interested in to minimise the possible harm. Similar to the disk images Magnus suggested, but slightly less trouble. Modern Macs are very fast at unarchiving these files so you can work on them then archive them again without too much trouble.
I am a great fan of those tiny USB harddrives and thumbdrives, which easily slip into your pocket so you can take them with you.
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If your work is on these, you simply detach them from your computer and keep them locked up or on your person.
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Put a tag color on it if you use one for security content
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When I open my Pages app and try to open my previously password protected document it doesn't require me to enter the password to see the document. It just takes me straight to the document like any other document that isn't password protected. Isn't this the point of having a document password protected so no one can see it without knowing the password? Am I missing something when I set the password in the first place? Thanks.

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Awesome. I looked up online how to check to see if they used DRM and they don't for any of their documents. Thank you so much!

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Hello,
I have seen some threads that indirectly address parts of this question, but am still left unsure about whether this process can be done - and if it can, I could use your help in understanding it - thank you.
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isakten wrote:
Do you apply "Open" password or "Permissions" password or both? If you apply "Permissions" password (with or without the "Open" password) make sure that "Changes Allowed" include Filling in form fields and signing existing signature fields" or "Commenting, filling in form fields and signing existing signature fields". If permissions do not allow you to sign, you cannot sign.
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You saved it after setting the Password? :
Inspector > Document > Document > Require Password to Open
I just tested it and it shows up ijn The Finder with a padlock on the file icon and does require a password to open.
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I can tell you in my testing that my results were consistent regardless of whether I typed the hyphen at the keyboard or pasted it in from a text document.
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You simply cannot search the pdf at all in SL if it is encrypted with a password.
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The same document, after the password is entered, cannot be search in SL.
Save the same document as a non passworded protected pdf and it can be search.
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