Once you close and save the document, the signature is embedded and can’t be removed.

So… now you have a clean signature that can be adapted to work on a document of any size.Īs long as the document is open in Preview or Apple Mail you can manipulate and delete the signature.

You can resize the signature by moving any of the four blue points.

Click your signature and it’s appears in your document.

A drop-down menu shows any signatures you have saved.

Click the signature icon in the Annotation Toolbar.

When you are happy with the result, click Done.

If you make a mistake, just click Clear and try again.

Once your signature touches the blue line, hold it steady… and the camera takes a snapshot.

Don’t worry about any background discoloration.

Hold your signed piece of paper up to the camera and try to align it with the blue line.

Notice the blue line across the bottom of the camera image.

The camera on your Mac is located at the top of the screen.

The PDF or image opens in a pop-up window with a Markup toolbar.

Hover the cursor over the top right-hand corner of the embedded PDF or image.

Add a PDF or image attachment in the body of the letter.

Remember, you need to be running OS X 10.10 Yosemite to use this feature: Go to the section below Capturing Your Signature.If you don’t see the signature icon, go to Tools in the Menu Bar, choose Annotate, select Signature and then Manage Signatures.The Annotation Toolbar appears at the top of the PDF or image.Go to View in the Menu Bar and choose Show Markup Toolbar or click the Markup icon on the App Toolbar.If you make a mistake, use a clean sheet of paper and sign again. You can read more about it here – How To… Save A Document On Your Mac As A PDF File It’s a fast, easy-to-use, way to view and edit PDFs and images. Preview is Apple’s version of Adobe Reader. What kind of documents? Anything that’s a PDF or an image i.e., any document. With OS X 10.10 Yosemite you can embed signatures in documents sent via Apple Mail. Since OS X 10.7 Lion you could add signatures in Preview. Make a short-term friendship with someone who owns a scanner.If you don’t own a scanner, signing and scanning a document becomes… somewhat problematic.

Mac preview signature from image