How to Create a Digital Signature

Here are the step-by-step instructions, as recommended by Mekorma, to provide the digital signatures you want to print on your checks:

1. Print out our Template for Gathering Signatures.
   

2. Ask each check signer to reproduce their signature within a rectangle.

3. Use your scanner to scan each signed sheet of paper into a computer.

4. Open the signatures one at a time in Microsoft Paint.
   

5. With one of the signatures opened in Paint, click on the Select drop-down menu and choose Rectangle.
   

6. Draw the selection box around the signature as closely as possible and then click Crop. The cropped signature should look similar to the example below:
   

7. In the Resize and Skew window, click Resize and choose Pixels. Be sure that Maintain aspect ratio is selected. Adjust either the horizontal or vertical dimensions as necessary.
   
   A good choice for use in Business Central is a signature file with approximate dimensions of 220 × 50 pixels.

8. Click on File and select Save. Save your signature as a JPEG (jpg) or 16 Color Bitmap (bmp) file. These file formats produce the best results for check printing.

9. Repeat these steps for all needed signatures, and store them in a location accessible to an administrator for use in Business Central.