Aug 7, 2026, 11:03 AM@antonyjohnston Acrobat has exactly one use for me: digitally signing PDFs (invoices) with a certificate. And if I can find something else to do so, it will be Acrobat to the bin as fast as I can type Cmd-Delete.
It’s an utter dumpster fire and I pity all of the corporate folks who have to use it
Aug 7, 2026, 11:10 AM@erik OpenOffice apparently lets you sign documents with your existing X.509 certificate.
Aug 7, 2026, 7:59 PM@nja Now that's an interesting option. Something to poke at tomorrow
@erik @antonyjohnston PDF-Xchange lets you digitally sign PDFs, but the feature is limited to the paid version (it works in free version, but adds watermarks). I think FoxIt lets you do it in the free version.
Aug 7, 2026, 1:45 PM@jernej__s @antonyjohnston Hmmm - looking for MacOS. Foxit can sign with an X509 certificate, but it’s as bad as Adobe. Package loads automatic background tasks, full of AI prompts and up-sells…
But this did inspire me go look around again and this looks promising: https://github.com/afanjul/bureaucrat-pdf