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Digital Signatures

Adds and removes digital signatures to and from your document. You can also use the dialogue box to view certificates.

To access this command...

Choose File - Digital Signatures - Digital Signatures.

Choose Tools - Macros - Digital Signature.

Choose File - Properties - General tab, click Digital Signatures button.

Double-click or right-click the Signature field on the Status bar.

About Digital Signatures

List

Lists the digital signatures for the current document.

The Signed icon Icon indicates a valid digital signature, while the Exclamation mark icon indicates an invalid digital signature.

See also Digital Signatures.

Use AdES-compliant signature when there is a choice

Prefers creating XAdES signatures for ODF and OOXML, PAdES signatures for PDF.

View Certificate

Opens the View Certificate dialogue box.

Sign Document

Opens the Select Certificate dialogue box.

Remove

Removes the selected signature from the list. Removes all subsequent signatures as well, in case of PDF.

Start Certificate Manager

Opens the installed certificate manager of your system.

On Windows systems, the default certificate manager is Certmgr.msc, a Microsoft Management Console snap-in using Certmgr.exe, and does not manage OpenPGP certificates. To manage both X509 and OpenPGP certificates install the gpg4win tool.