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Adding signatures to PDF transcripts

If you use RB’s free digital signature system, ReporterBase Digital Signature Proxy, you can apply both reporters’ digital IDs and a digital version of your agency’s designated signer’s wet signature to transcripts.

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1. To add your reporter’s digital ID and/or agency’s digital signature to an RB-PDF Transcript, click its Add Signature button in the PDF Transcript window.
2. In the Add Signature panel, the RB-PDF Transcript automatically opens to the last page of the file for you to apply signatures. If you prefer to sign a different page:
• Drag on the side scroll bar to scroll to a different page.
• Use the navigation arrows at the top of the transcript window to jump to the first page, page back and forth one page at a time, or jump back to the last page.
• Enter a page number in the box between the navigation arrows to jump directly to a page.
3. To apply a copy of your agency’s designated signer’s wet signature to the transcript, click Agency Sign. (Use this only if the transcript is for a court proceeding that requires an agency signature on electronic transcripts.) Agency signatures are set up in RB’s Digital Signature Proxy Service.

   IMPORTANT: If using both signatures, apply agency’s first

   If you are applying both an agency signature and a reporter’s signature, you must apply the agency signature first. Reporter signatures contain a digital ID, which will alert readers of changes to the transcript once applied.

4. Position the signature where you want it to appear on the page and click to apply it.
5. To apply the reporter’s signature/digital ID to the transcript, click Resource Sign. (Resource signatures are set up by the resources in RB’s Digital Signature Proxy Service.)
6. Position the signature where you want it to appear on the page and click to apply it. If you want to add
   additional instances of the signature, click Yes in the popup window that appears and repeat the procedure until you have added all the instances you want. Then click No in the popup window.
7. Click Save.

Reference

• RB-PDF Transcripts
• ReporterBase Digital Signature Proxy

Step-by-step instructions

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