Insert Signatures into Documents

I mentioned signatures with the forms recognition feature. You can scan signatures into the system, save any number of them, and insert them into any open document.

How do you create signatures? In Kurzweil 1000, with no files open, you will find another new menu item at the bottom of the Scan menu list. It is named "Create a Signature File..." It will let you scan in a signature. To do so, first get a blank, white, sheet of paper. Use a guide if necessary, and enter your signature in the top left area of the page - not too close to the corner, and as straight as possible. Place that sheet on the scanner so that the orientation will be right side up in the resulting image - we can't automatically orient a signature. Use the Scan a Signature menu item to scan in the page. An image of your signature will appear on the screen. If it is acceptable, enter a name for it.

Once you have some signature files, you might find that you'd like to insert the signature in a document. That's straightforward. You'll find that the last item in the Edit menu is "Insert a Signature". Its mnemonic is "I". It opens a dialog box, that lets you choose from the available signature files. Pick one, press enter, and it will be inserted into your document at your cursor position.

Those of you with some sight might notice that the signature is a white rectangle, with the signature in black. This might look odd on the screen, as our default text display shows a black background. Suffice it to say, most paper is white. When you print the document, your signature should look fine.