I'm working through a similar problem at work, though I have to use a secured certificate, not a graphic like Jean's using. There are tools in some versions of Adobe that will allow you to add a signature, but the tricky part is, at least in my situation, that I have to use a mouse to draw a rectangle in which the signature is supposed to go. I was able to do this one time, but I'd say it's more luck than actual technique at this point. It's possible to mark up a .pdf file so that JAWS recognizes a signature block, I had a long battle a couple years ago with OPM and they finally provided me with forms I could readily sign. How far anyone would get with an outfit like IRS is unclear to me.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean Menzies Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 6:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Electronically signing pdf documents Hi Adrian, Thanks for telling me what a W9 form is. Too bad that solution won't work with it. -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Spratt Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 9:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Electronically signing pdf documents Jean, I do the same with Word documents. There, you can locate the space for a signature or, if need be, create one. By contrast, the PDF W9 (a U.S. tax document) has no space where you'd put your signature, and the PDF format seems to prevent us from creating any. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean Menzies Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 11:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Electronically signing pdf documents I don't know what a W9 file is, but I have successfully aded an electronic signature to documents. I originally signed my name on a piece of paper, then scanned it and saved it as an image file. Now, when I need to put my signature into a file, I simply insert the image. I don't know if this would work in an edit field, but it does work in Word documents. Jean -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 8:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Electronically signing pdf documents Adrian: As they say, hope springs eternal. So, keep hopin'. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Spratt Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 9:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Electronically signing pdf documents Jerry, I posted almost the exact same question two weeks ago, and no one responded with a solution. In the end, I had to have my girlfriend show me where to sign and then have her create a new PDF file with my signed W9. Someone else was trying to see if the W9 could be converted from PDF to a word file, but that didn't come about, either. Maybe someone who has an answer will see your message. I hope so. It would be good to get a solution. But honestly, I don't see how it could be done. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 10:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [JAWS-Users] Electronically signing pdf documents To One and All: I generate my own W9 file documents for clients using Adobe. Can anyone tell me if it is possible for me to electronically sign a pdf file such as these? This way, I can send them to my clients via email. Many Thanks. Jerry For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
