In fact, my signatures looks about as bad as if I had written it with my left hand and isn't much like my signature using a pen and paper. The trackpad only responds to a finger, which is big and fat, and it doesn't like pens, so the results are far from perfect. However, looking at the screen helps as it shows your writing with a live updated display. It is a bit awkward because you cannot see what you are doing on the trackpad. A grey box is drawn in the middle and this represents the trackpad.Ĭlick the button in the middle of the Trackpad (the trackpad on the screen, that is), and then sign your name by writing on the Mac's trackpad with your finger. Make sure the Trackpad tab is selected in the Manage Signatures window that is displayed. Just go to the menu Tools > Annotate > Signature > Manage Signatures. In fact, you don't need to open anything at all. It does not matter whether a document, PDF or image is opened. Open Preview in the Applications folder on the Mac. You can sign forms with a few clicks of the mouse once Preview has been set up. Sometimes you need to sign forms or letters or other documents, but what if they are PDF files on the computer? How do you sign a PDF? Print it out, sign it and scan it back in? That is crazy! Just use the Preview app to add your signature that has been captured on the Mac using the trackpad or the camera. Have you added it yet? Here are two ways to create signatures.

Preview has had the ability to capture a signature and insert it into documents for some time.

Mac preview signature from image