Signing a PDF with Ink Signature

I have Acrobat 10 pro and I made a document to extend comments and what not so the document can be signed on a tablet. The biggest problem I have is when they start to sign the document, the person will lift up for a second and it will switch back to the mouse pointer. At the same time, the screen scrolls up and down so when signing, it will go up and down the document.
Is there any way to keep the document still as someone signs a document?

Try this:
1. Select the Hand tool
2. Show the Properties bar: Ctrl+E
3. Select the Pencil Tool
4. The properties bar should now be titled "Pencil Tool Properties"
5. Make sure the "Keep tool selected" check box is selected
Do it behave as you want now? If not, I don't believe there's anything else you can do.
Edit: To clarify, this is something each user will have to do.

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Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
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Hi,
I created a XDP document with LiveCycle Designer ES2.
This document contains:
- Some required fields (text fields, data fields ecc...)
- A Subform that user can add more instance pressing a button, contains some fields
- A Digital Signature (With a simple fields collection contains only the signature field)
I render the XDP for get a PDF (using ReaderExtensions component) by LiveCycle Workbench ES3.
Then I open the PDF with Adobe Reader X.
I compile the form and don't press on button increase the instances of Subform.
Sign the document and the signature is valid.
Now, instead, if I make the same but increase the instance of Subform, then sign, the signature is invalid...
Can the problem is the different versions of Designer and Workbench?
In past I got some problems, and sometime I resolved creating a new document and copying all the object of old form in new one... It's an ugly solution but it worked.
But in this case don't resolve nothing.
Any help?
Thank You!

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