How to Add a Signature Using AutoCorrect to a Microsoft Word Document

Do you want to sign a Word document using your computer? This is very easy to do. Just by typing a few letters using AutoCorrect in Word, your signature will appear.

Sometimes while working on a Word document, you may need to put a signature on it. When you put your name on paper or use your computer to add a special mark, it proves that you agree or agree with what is written or displayed on that page.

Microsoft Word does not automatically affix your signature to all documents. You should only sign a document if you are sure, it is complete. Simply put, when you add a digital signature, you prevent anyone from making changes to the document. You can easily set Word to add a signature without doing much work.

Create a Digital Signature

Many people don’t know that AutoCorrect can also replace text with images. You can make it so that when you type the word “mysign”, your signature appears. To add a signature, type its name and press Enter or any non-letter key. Word replaces the name with the signature image.

The first step is to scan your signature and save it as an image file. To convert a signature into an image file you can do using a camera or scanner. Then cut and edit it using an editor app to get a nice signature file.

Use AutoCorrect to Insert a Signature

Now follow these steps to create an AutoCorrect entry for your signature:

1. Create a Microsoft Word document.
2. Then insert the signature image you have created. Click “Insert > Pictures > This device”.

3. Set your signature image to be the size and format you want. You can crop, remove the background and adjust the contrast or others.
4. Make sure the cursor is positioned in the position of selecting the signature image.
5. Then, click “File > Options”.
6. Next, in the window that opens, click “Proofing”. And on the right panel, click the “AutoCorrect Options” button.

7. In the dialog box that appears, select the “AutoCorrect” tab.
8. Then in the “Replace” text box, type the abbreviation or code for the signature (for example: “mysign”).
9. Next, make sure you have selected “Formatted Text”.

10. Click the “Add” button and then OK to save and close all windows.

Now, when you type the word “mysign” you created in step 8 and then press the space bar or Enter, your signature will appear in place of the word.