WR: how to I insert a signature in a letter

[cricketwife]

Help! I need to send out a letter for my boss that needs to include her signature and mine. I want to put a scanned signature into the document, not sign the doc and then scan it. Can anybody help with that?

Thanks!

[cricketwife]

I think I just have Adobe reader. I may just have to wait until the other assistant gets back....from the Social security office, which could be forever!

[6fsn]

It's a tad convoluted, but can you take a pic of the signature and insert it as a pic?

[y4m]

Wait--you have the scanned signature already, right? In what kind of file?

If it's an image file already, you should be able to open it in paint, draw a box around just what you want, and hit crop to get rid of the rest.

If it's a document or something else you can't open in Paint, I'd use a screen grabbing software to get it. Gadwin PrintScreen is one I use--you essentially hit print screen, and then it lets you draw a box around whatever you want and save it as an image file.

Once you've got an image file that is cropped appropriately, you can just insert it into the letter.

[cricketwife]

Aug 17, 2012 7:52:01 GMT -5 y4m said:

Wait--you have the scanned signature already, right? In what kind of file?

If it's an image file already, you should be able to open it in paint, draw a box around just what you want, and hit crop to get rid of the rest.

If it's a document or something else you can't open in Paint, I'd use a screen grabbing software to get it. Gadwin PrintScreen is one I use--you essentially hit print screen, and then it lets you draw a box around whatever you want and save it as an image file.

Once you've got an image file that is cropped appropriately, you can just insert it into the letter.

Very helpful. Thanks!

[LoveTrains]

Save the signature as an image file like a .jpg and then in word hit insert and choose picture and browse for the file.

Good luck!

[DefenseAgainstTheDarkArts22]

Adobe Reader has the snapshot tool under Tools. Select that, draw the box around the signature and paste into your document.

[cricketwife]

Thanks all. I've been successful! You guys are the best!