How do you sign your name in your handwriting using Word editor?

[Chad Harris]

I have seen several people sign word documents on the web in their own
handwriting. I am talking particularly about using Wordmail or the Word
editor for Outlook to sign my name. I first posted this in the Wordmail
group but got no answer so was hoping to get one here. Can this be done by
without buying a third party program and is their any tutorial/directions on
how anywhere?

Thanks,

Chad Harris

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Scan your signature and save it as a graphic. Then save the graphic as an
AutoText entry.

 

[Name]

I have seen several people sign word documents on the web in their own
handwriting. I am talking particularly about using Wordmail or the Word
editor for Outlook to sign my name. I first posted this in the Wordmail
group but got no answer so was hoping to get one here. Can this be done by
without buying a third party program and is their any tutorial/directions on
how anywhere?

Thanks,

Chad Harris

You scan your signature as a graphic and insert it that way.

Your own handwriting can be turned into a font, by various methods.
However, the recipient (on the web or via e-mail) would see it in YOUR
handwriting ONLY if they had that specific font installed on their
system. Otherwise, the closest you could get was that they would see
your "signature" in a generic Script font (when HTML'ed appropriately),
not in anything like "your" signature.

When you scan your signature, use your graphics software to make the
background transparent if you plan on using it anywhere there might be
other than a white background. GIF graphic format works quickly and
often best for this situation.

 

[Jim Harkins]

I have seen several people sign word documents on the web in their own
handwriting. I am talking particularly about using Wordmail or the Word
editor for Outlook to sign my name. I first posted this in the Wordmail
group but got no answer so was hoping to get one here. Can this be done by
without buying a third party program and is their any tutorial/directions on
how anywhere?

Thanks,

Chad Harris

Easiest way I've found is to scan your signature and save it as a .bmp
file; there are software programs out there (standard remark; Google
'em), but the scan/save as .bmp routine is free, and you can size it
to match your text. If you want to take it further, you can Photoshop
it, or convert it to a .gif and make the background transparent for
tighter wrapping...
Blessed be, for sure...

 

[Chad Harris]

Thanks Suzanne, Dwight and Jim for the lightning quick, great help. One
question, though I received an Outlook email (I'm set up to do everything in
rich text format, but I don't know if it would impact seeing the signature.
I got the nice signature, but I haven't knowlngly installed any special
fonts, from an Office site, an XP site, or 3rd party since I can remember.
Does anyone know why then, I can see the signature??

TIA,

Chad Harris

 

[DSL-Dave]

Hmmm...

I wonder what the legal ramifications may be...
I would be nervous about having an exact replica of my signature available
to "who knows who!"
It might be better to use a "generic" script font converted to a graphic.
Just a thought...

 

[Graham Mayor]

The only way to ensure that a copy of your signature is never used by
someone else is never to write it. Wherever you use a signature it is
vulnerable to copying - the only worrying thing is that some financial
institutions will accept a copy as an original.

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[Jim Harkins]

The only way to ensure that a copy of your signature is never used by
someone else is never to write it. Wherever you use a signature it is
vulnerable to copying - the only worrying thing is that some financial
institutions will accept a copy as an original.

And, unfortunately, they do just that; I learned not to use a scanned
signature on my self-printed checks. Point of interest: the only
difference on my bank statements was that the checks with the scanned
sig were listed with "xxxx" instead of the check number.
Blessed be, for sure...

 

[Chad Harris]

These legal/security points from Jim, Graham, Dave points are very good
ones. The signature I liked was only a first name, and may have been a
generic facimile instead of an actual reproduction. I know some people just
scratch, and a large number of signatures are hardly legible.

Thanks,

Chad Harris