PDF Editor - Digitally Sign Online For Free

If you want to make extensive changes to a file signed by someone else or annotate, sign, or convert a locked (read-only) file, your best option to edit a digitally signed PDF is to contact the person who signed it and request the signature to be removed, receive an unsigned copy of the file, or to have them send you ...

How to Sign a PDF Document Online: Upload your PDF to Smallpdf eSign. Create a new e-signature to place on your document. Add text and a date if needed. Click ?Finish & Sign,? then download or share your signed document.

When you sign a PDF using your digital ID, the PDF becomes read-only for others. If you received a PDF digitally signed by others, you can sign it, but can't edit it. While signing a PDF, if the signer chooses to lock the document after signing, the document becomes read-only for everyone, including the signer.

Click the 'Lock' icon in the upper-left corner of the page. Click the link labeled: Permission Details. In the "Security Method' drop down, select: No Security. Enter your unlock password and click the OK button three times.

Use ""Certified Document"" feature: Some PDF editors such as Adobe Acrobat Pro, have a ""Certified Document"" feature which allows you to make changes to a signed PDF without invalidating the signature. However, this feature might not be available in all the PDF editors.

Forgot the document or permissions password? Open the PDF in Acrobat. Go to File > Print or click the Printer icon in the toolbar. In the Print dialog box, choose Adobe PDF as the printer and click Print. Type a name for your file and click Save. The PDF is created, and it opens in Acrobat. You can now edit the PDF.

If you want to make extensive changes to a file signed by someone else or annotate, sign, or convert a locked (read-only) file, your best option to edit a digitally signed PDF is to contact the person who signed it and request the signature to be removed, receive an unsigned copy of the file, or to have them send you ...