To electronically sign documents, agents insert their security badges into a card reader.

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Memorize these five working-for-a-start-up mantras before you electronically sign on the dotted line.

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DocuSign enables users to electronically sign and deliver contracts and other documents.

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Also available today is the latest version of Adobe Reader for mobile, which now lets users electronically sign a document by simply drawing their signature, making it easy to conduct business while on the go.

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Available immediately, Adobe Reader X (version 10.1.3) for desktop offers new signature functionality with Adobe EchoSign that lets users choose how they want to electronically sign a document, either by drawing their signature or by adding a typed or cursive signature.

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You sign something electronically.

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Oh, and you can sign for a package electronically.

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With Adobe Reader and EchoSign, we're making it easy for anyone to send important contracts to customers so that they can quickly and easily sign and send them electronically and get the deal done faster.

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If so, he asks them to sign a form agreeing to electronically communicate about health matters and giving him authority to discuss medical issues over email.

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By 2016, nearly half of all home loans could be closed electronically, meaning that thousands of people will buy homes without having to physically sign their names, according to a recent survey by Xerox Mortgage Services.

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