Signing and finalising PDFs

Hi everyone,
in the previous Adobe version it was possible to add a jpeg signature & then finalise the document so that the signature could not be removed anymore once saved. Is there an option in 11.0.2 to do the same and how would I go about doing it?
Thank you.
Nadja

Hi Nadja,
I don't quite have a handle on your question, or more specifically, how you were applying the image. It is possible that you were creating a PKI based digital signature (using a digital ID) and the signature appearance was created using a custom appearance that was based on a scanned image of a wet ink signature, or, you were not using digital IDs, but just putting an image on the PDF, or, you created a custom stamp and added the stamp to the file. Please let me know which of these three scenarios you are trying to replicate.
Steve 

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