"signing" a PDF
PDFs, the file format for a humanity not ready for computers. Instead of going from papery to computery ways of doing things, we have used computers to make a much more cumbersome, schleppy and annoying version of paper, which is the PDF file. It's a bit like some shit-chucking apes discovering a fax machine. Well, most of life consists of compliance (lots of PDFs) or having to somehow process PDFs that one is being sent, complete forms that are sent by PDF, print and sign a PDF, or do the equivalent but without printing. Like it or not, it's difficult to get anyone to do anything without having the capability to "sign a PDF". The best way to "sign a PDF" is to ask the other party to print out two copies of it and send them to you. You then sign one and return it, keeping the other with a record that you signed the other copy. If time doesn't permit, and you have a printer and scanner handy, another way is to do their printing for them and print it o...
