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Hello at all

Someone have one or several ideas for how it's possible to adding signature and little text on a PDF document with PB

For example one of surely several method :

- Convert the PDF in BMP or JPG
- Overlay an image of a little text "read and approved good for acceptance" and a signature in the down of the page
- Convert the image in PDF

Perhaps there are other methods in freeware, more simple ? or other methods with PB ?

Thanks in advance for your ideas

Have a good day

Is this for a 3rd-party PDF or a PDF you want to create in its entirety?

Hi KCC
For third party PDF file
1- Run your pdf file using your browser
2- Activate Windows capture tool by Windows key + Lshift + S
3- Capture your image
4- Click the Toastnotify
5- Save the image as jpg format
6- Run PB v6.2x
7- Use Vector lib
8- Load the Image then add Your text as you like
9- Save the image as PDF

For created by yourself
Search the forum for Thorsten1867 (12/2018)

Hello RASHAD
Glad to read you

It's for sign documents already created by entreprise (invoice, estimate, etc)
Because often i must :

- print the pdf
- sign manually
- Scan the document signed

And that take a long time furthermore, It's not ecological and economical to print a sheet to throw it away immediately in trash

I'm surprised a freeware not exist about this subject
Because numerous persons have surely the same problem that me and not want use a big Adobe software for Just this little function

It's a good idéal your solution, i'll try it but I'm not sure the navigartor make à screenshot of several pages without adding something

Thanks for your interest my friend, and have a very good day

Hi KCC
I think you need an OCR that can handle PDF format
But unfortunately it will cost you money

Yeah, I am always on the lookout for such an easy-to-use tool.
If you want, use a 3rd party tool (similar to what I'm trying to do):
a) Adobe Acrobat (Reader) can deal with signature.
b) pdf24 Creator (Toolbox) -- Off- and Online Tools for all kind of PDF stuff.
c) Okular (PDF Editor)

Kwai chang caine wrote: [...] It's for sign documents already created by entreprise (invoice, estimate, etc) [...]

Hi KCC,

If I remember correctly, you know how to code in VB.
Another solution, then, if you have Word, is to create a macro using the ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddPicture() method.
There was a time when, like you, I needed to affix a “Certifié conforme” stamp with my signature to documents. I created it in JPEG format and inserted it, whenever I needed it, on each page of the PDF file retrieved in WORD and saved the all in PDF.

EDIT : And if you want to add text (e.g like date, ...), you can use ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddTextBox()

I'm surprised a freeware not exist about this subject

Xpdf command line tools
pdftopng.exe

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On a side note, with LibreOffice sdraw (which is free) you can open PDF, add text, image, etc.... and export as PDF

morosh wrote: Wed May 21, 2025 9:06 pm On a side note, with LibreOffice sdraw (which is free) you can open PDF, add text, image, etc.... and export as PDF

Thanks morosh... never used this feature before. Great!

Yes thanks a lot MOROSH, i don't know too, it's possible with Libre office
Again a new method