How to Install a Digital Signature for Microsoft Word

1. Open the document to be signed in Word by double-clicking the file name from your drive, or by selecting "File," and then "Open."
2. Scroll to the location where the signature should appear in your document.
3. Select "Insert" to open the Insert tab. In the Text group, click the line for "Signature List," and then select "Microsoft Office Signature Line."
4. Type in the information about the signer in the Signature Setup dialog box. This information appears beneath the signature line. Enter the appropriate name in the box for "Suggested Signer." If you would like the email address and title to also appear, enter this information in the designated boxes. To provide instructions to those signing the document, enter them in the "Instructions to signer" box.
5. Select your options for signing. If you check "Allow the signer to add comments in the Sign dialog box," Word allows you to type the reason you are signing. Checking "Show sign date in signature line" enables Word to place the date of the digital signature with the signature itself.