Working with Digital Signatures

Revu supports the following:

• Adding digital signature fields to documents
• Creating and validating signatures from self-signed certificates (which is useful for certification that occurs within organizations or among trusted parties)
• Commercially available certificates purchased through trusted third-party Certificate Authorities

Revu validates and signs documents based on the Windows Certificate Store and the PKCS #12 standards. It also supports Adobe CDS signatures. The following sections contain in-depth instructions for the following procedures:

• Adding and Removing Digital Signature Fields
• Creating a New Digital ID
• Importing a Digital ID
• Certifying a Document
• Digitally Signing a Document
• Validating a Digitally Signed Document
• Importing a Trusted Identity Certificate
• Exporting a Trusted Identity Certificate
• Customizing the Appearance of a Digital Signature

The Signatures Tab contains certification and signature information for any PDF opened that has been certified or digitally signed. Whenever such a PDF is opened, the user is prompted to open this tab and review the information it contains.

Revu 2017 & Below

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