Make sure to join my mailing list for future posts and blog updates! Sign up in my right side bar.You can use your DigiCert® Document Signing Certificate to add a visible digital signature inside a Word document or Excel workbook. Make sure the first time you close Word down that you click save when asked about making modifications to the building blocks template.

Get creative and add as much content as you would like to the Quick Part Gallery. Click Insert Tab–>QuickParts–>click your signature. Simply click the insertion point in the document where you want your signature. Time saved where you can work on other things than fool around with scanning. Give it a name and then click Ok.Īnd now when you are ready to insert your signature in a future document ( $$$$$) you can do so with a 3 mouse clicks. Just had to put some dollar signs up there since this is money. The Create a New Building Block will display. Then choose QuickParts followed by “ Save Selection to QuickPart Gallery…” Select the signature and click the Insert tab of the Ribbon. Once you have your signature in Word it is time to save it to the QuickParts gallery. This is the trick that will let you easily drag and nudge the signature so that it aligns up perfectly with out having your paragraphs go out of whack. You can also take advantage of Word’s screenshot tool if you have Word 2010 or Word 2013.Īfter you copy the signature to Word, wrap text behind.

Click Image–>Select and drag a rectangle with your mouse around the signature. Select a brush and etch it out with your mouse. Paint is free and comes with the Windows operating system. You can use a program like Paint to pen your signature. You can add your signature to a Word document and have it on file so that it can be reused with Word’s QuickPart’s gallery. I’m going to teach you in this post how to avoid the print, sign, scan back to computer a Word document.

How to make signature in word