Sign documents with extra Digital Signature properties

GroupDocs.Signature contains DigitalSignatureAppearance class that implements extra settings for digital signature of Word Processing and Spreadsheets documents

Base signature options SignOptions property SignOptions.setAppearance should be set with instance of DigitalSignatureAppearance class to provide additional digital signature look

Here are the steps to setup extra image appearance with GroupDocs.Signature:

This example shows how to setup extra digital signature appearance. See SignResult 

Signature signature = new Signature("sample.docx");
DigitalSignOptions options = new DigitalSignOptions("certificate.pfx");
 
// certifiate password
options.setPassword("1234567890");
// digital certificate details
options.setReason("Sign");
options.setContact("JohnSmith");
options.setLocation("Office1");
 
// image as digital certificate appearance on document pages
options.setImageFilePath("sample.jpg");
//
options.setAllPages(true);
options.setWidth(0);
options.setHeight(60);
options.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Bottom);
options.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Right);
Padding padding = new Padding();
padding.setBottom(10);
padding.setRight(10);
options.setMargin(padding);
// Setup signature line appearance.
// This appearance will add Signature Line on the first page.
// Could be useful for .xlsx files.
options.setAppearance(new DigitalSignatureAppearance("John Smith", "Title", "jonny@test.com"));
 
SignResult signResult = signature.sign("signed.docx", options);
// analyzing result
System.out.print("List of newly created signatures:");
int number = 1;
for(BaseSignature temp : signResult.getSucceeded())
{
    System.out.print("Signature #"+ number++ +": Type: "+temp.getSignatureType()+" Id:"+temp.getSignatureId()+
            ",Location: "+temp.getLeft()+"x"+temp.getTop()+". Size: "+temp.getWidth()+"x"+temp.getHeight());
}

Sign Pdf document with Text signature Sticker appearance

This example shows how to add Text signature to Pdf document with sticker look. See SignResult 

Signature signature = new Signature("sample.docx");
{
    TextSignOptions options = new TextSignOptions("John Smith");

        // set signature position
    options.setLeft(100);
    options.setTop(100);
        // set signature rectangle
    options.setWidth(100);
    options.setHeight(30);
        // setup proper signature implementation
    options.setSignatureImplementation(TextSignatureImplementation.Sticker);
    PdfTextStickerAppearance appearance = new PdfTextStickerAppearance();
    // select sticker icon
    appearance.setIcon(PdfTextStickerIcon.Star);
    // setup if popup annotation will be opened by default
    appearance.setOpened(false);
    // text content of an annotation
    appearance.setContents("Sample");
    appearance.setSubject("Sample subject");
    appearance.setTitle("Sample Title");

    options.setAppearance(appearance);

        // set signature alignment
    options.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Bottom);
    options.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Right);
    Padding margin = new Padding();
    margin.setBottom(20);
    margin.setRight(20) ;
    options.setMargin(margin) ;

        // set text color and Font
    options.setForeColor(Color.RED);
    SignatureFont font =new SignatureFont();
    font.setSize(12);
    font.setFamilyName("Comic Sans MS");
    options.setFont(font);

    // sign document to file
    signature.sign("signed.docx", options);
}

More resources

GitHub Examples 

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:

Free Online App 

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You are welcome to eSign PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents with free to use online GroupDocs Signature App.