In this digital age, where almost everything is regulated, written and shared using a computer, without using paper it is important to know how to sign documents quickly, legally and safely. What we really want to avoid is that, in the case of contracts or documents to be signed in pen that are sent via Email, we are forced to download the files, print them, sign them, scan them and then send them back via Email after an hour of useless work.
Today there are several web applications and programs that allow you to put our real signature on the documents, a real digital signature that has nothing different than a real signature written in pen on the sheet.
Let's see then the best app to sign documents from PC and mobile phone, Dochub, which also integrates into Gmail so you can sign the PDF or Word and Excel files received.
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In the past, we mentioned two other free services: Docusign and SignNow to digitally sign documents and contracts .
In addition, the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to create and insert your signature in a PDF.
To write a signature on the computer you can also use the free program of Windows 7 and Windows 8 Windows Journal or Windows Ink on Windows 10 .
DocHub is one of the few online digital signature services that is truly free, at least for personal use (albeit with limitations) and also the most usable among the services for its ease of creating the signature and inserting it, without wasting time, in any document also received via Email.
Connect to the DocHub site and subscribe to the service.
If you have a Gmail account, use Google Account registration so that you can take advantage of the integration of the service with Gmail and can quickly sign documents directly from Gmail without the need to install any additional software. Once you have logged into the free account, you can create your own signature (in English it is Signature ).
There are 4 ways to do it:
- Loading the image file from the computer (maybe your signature scanned from another document and saved as an image).
- Writing it freehand directly from the application and using the mouse (but it is really difficult to write well with the mouse).
- Taking a photo of the signature using the mobile phone and sending it to DocHub via email according to the instructions provided.
- Use a signature by writing your name with a writing font of your choice (but it would not be regular).
The best way is certainly to use the mobile phone camera and take the photo at the signature to send it via email to DocHub which will then make it possible to stick it, as if it were a sticker, on the documents in the position you want. Once the signature is created, you can upload ( upload ) any type of document file from your computer or from a cloud service such as Dropbox or Google Drive.
The document can be a PDF or even any text file, a Word file, an Excel table or other. Once the document is loaded, from the main editing interface, you can insert the signature by dragging the button at the top. The signature box will appear on the sheet and can be positioned in the most appropriate place. It is also possible to insert a text box, the date or an ideal check to fill in the forms with crosses.
The documents remain saved in the cloud storage of the application and can be, after being signed and modified, re-downloaded to the computer using the download button or sent via email to the recipient.
If you use Gmail as an email service, you can install the Dochub extension for Gmail for Chrome. Opening Gmail after installing this extension you will find, in incoming messages with an attached document, the link to sign it ( sign ) next to the one to download and view it. DocHub for Gmail is an ideal tool to sign documents quickly, without having to use a printer and scanner, to save time, energy and resources.
DocHub is not available as an app for Android, iPhone and iPad mobiles and tablets, for which we have many apps to write or draw with a finger or nib on the screen .
ALTERNATIVELY: Get the signature of an electronic document through a free site
