Produce a PDF from MS Excel with signature block included?

Question

Form built in MS Excel, print to PDF works fine, produces nice document which must be signed.  Is there a way I can produce that PDF ready-to-sign-with-certificate without taking the PDF produced by Excel and manipulating it within Adobe Pro to add the signature field?

Answer 1

Hello alabamatoy,
I have one suggestion for automating the addition of digital signature fields to your PDF files.
First, for one hint, in Acrobat XI Pro you can convert an Excel file to PDF by dragging it into the Acrobat window.
Once you have converted your files to PDF, you can add the signature field via Acrobat JavaScript.
You can run the JavaScript from the console or from an Action (batch process). An Action can run the JavaScript on one PDF or a folder of PDFs.
Below is a sample that places a signature field named "sigfield" at a position 1 inch from the top and 1 inch from the left of an 8-1/2 x 11 document.
The placement is indicated by a rectangle whose corners are specified in rotated user units.
That means 0,0 is at the bottom left of the document and units are points (by default), 72 points per inch.
The corners are indicated in the following order:
[upper-left x, upper-left y, lower-right x, lower-right y]
var name = "sigField";
var type = "signature";
var page = 0;
var mySigRect =   [72,720,216,684];
var sf = this.addField(name, type, page,mySigRect);
For more information on using Acrobat JavaScript, you can refer to the Acrobat X JavaScript information here:
http://help.adobe.com/livedocs/acrobat_sdk/10/Acrobat10_HTMLHelp/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/htm l/wwhelp.htm?context=Acrobat10…
Or you can download the Acrobat XI Software Development Kit (no charge) and refer to its JavaScript information:
Adobe - Acrobat Developer Center | Adobe Developer Connection
Regards,
Charlene