Hi<p>I read quite a bit of material on the paperless office recently.<p>Here is something that I came across that isn't as easy as I thought it would be.<p>In order to edit and sign a PDF (supplied by a vendor) I'd have to 1) print it 2) scan it 3) send it as a PDF.<p>I need a SIMPLE to use GPL tool that can take a PDF, allow me to edit in overlay mode (typed text) and append my signature.<p>I slogged through an hour of PDFEdit and GIMP editing this morning to get something with 4 fields and a signature done, and frankly, I'd rather buy a printer.<p>Any suggestions on this? I must be missing some application out there. Other suggestions welcome.
maybe this can help you out (it also integrates with openoffice): <a href="http://jsignpdf.sourceforge.net/en_US/pdf_signatures.html" rel="nofollow">http://jsignpdf.sourceforge.net/en_US/pdf_signatures.html</a>
One technique that I've used in the past is to print the PDF to file as SVG, edit in Inkscape, then print the SVG to file as PDF.<p>I think I used Evince to open the PDF and print to SVG.
Let me just clarify - not electronic signing.<p>A vendor sends a PDF they want you to 1) print out 2) fax back.<p>So, basically an app in which (in the InkScape sense) you can quickly scribble on, and save to PDF would be perfect.