Is It Old School That My Mentor Won’t Give Me a Signed PDF Version Of?

Is it old school that my mentor won’t give me a signed PDF version of the letter of rec she wrote for me? All my applications are online and require PDFs. Instead she gave me a paper copy. Thankful for it, just wondering.

Many people use scanned images of their signatures and add those into their PDF documents. This is NOT the right way to insert a signature in your documents. You need to use an e-signature service for this, such as Signaturely. Signing a digital document with a scanned image of your signature is not as legally valid as handwritten signatures. Such signatures hold no value if there isn’t a physical copy of the document with your signature on it. With e-signatures, however, your sign can have the same legal standing as handwritten signatures. As such, you can sign digital documents without the need to keep a physical source copy of it. If you want to add a scanned image of your signature into a PDF, you can use Foxit Reader for that. Save your signature into an image and put it on your desktop. Open the PDF file in Foxit Reader and click the ‘Image Attachment’ button to import and place the image where you want. However, if you are interested in using e-signatures, you should first sign up for a free account at Signaturely. You can make up to 3 signature requests every month, and the free account will never expire. You don’t have to use your credit card either. If you need to sign more documents each month, you can get a Personal subscription for USD 10 per month. It comes with unlimited signature requests and one saved template. For more extensive business needs, get the Business subscription for USD 15 per month. It comes with all the previous features and unlimited templates. You can also add custom branding. Adding your e-signature is easy with this service. It will guide you through your documents and show you where you need to sign thezm. Try it out.