Remember to check in with your local laws on the legality of digital and electronic signatures in your country.

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When you create a free signature or sign a PDF with our online signature tool as a free user-we use standard electronic signatures for these cases. If you have a contract or form in a different format, e.g., Word documents, you can first convert it to PDF with our all-in-one PDF Converter, and then use our signature maker to sign the file. Of course, you can also opt for both-the tools are free to use! Sign PDFs Online for FreeĪs you can see from the interface, you can also upload any PDF document to our eSign tool to create and sign them electronically. On the other hand, if you need to store the signature or share it as part of a signature request, you should save it in PDF format. Most email clients should allow the chance for you to edit your email signature via their settings page. In case you want to embed your personal signature to your email, you should go for the JPG option. If you intend to sign many documents, JPG is the way to go you can drag and drop an image onto almost any text editor, e.g., Word, Google Docs, TextEdit. Once you generate an online signature, the output’s format should be dependent on your needs.

How to create your signature