Sign PDF Documents with the Surface Pen

In my occasional series on Microsoft Surface-related posts, I thought I’d just do a quick one on signing a document. This seems like the type of thing you’d want to use the Surface pen for, right? Well it’s probably the single most useful thing I would want to use it for anyway. The trouble is, by default at least, when you open a PDF it opens up in Edge and you are unable to use the pen to sign with…

You’ll also probably find it doesn’t seem to work in Adobe Reader and many other PDF readers. However not to worry – there is a built in reader app that can help with this very task! I feel a little stupid for only just realising this but try opening the app in Drawboard PDF and you can make adjustments with your pen to your heart’s content – and then save them. Great.

You’re probably thinking I can’t believe he only just found that out and frankly, after owning my Surface for 10 months I’m kind of thinking the same. I can only assume that I’m not the only one to realise this late in the day and hopefully I can help others see the light.

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