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Signing Microsoft Office Documents
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Microsoft Office compatible signature
– Relevant only to Word documents. If this option is
set, the ARX Word add-in generates an XP compatible digital signature that can be validated in
Word XP or Word 2003 without installing a plug-in.
This option has differing functionality depending on the type of digital signature. If the digital
signature is content-based then the ARX Word add-in generates an additional XP compatible
signature.
If it is a file-based digital signature, the generated digital signature is an XP compatible
signature. Refer to Validating Signatures in Word Documents Without Using the ARX Legacy
Word Add-in Plug-in.
When using Office 2007/2010/2013, keep in mind that there is a difference between signatures
that are applied to .doc documents and signatures that are applied to .docx documents. This
section is relevant only for .doc documents. In this case, the whole document is locked and
therefore after performing such a signature, you cannot perform any modification to the
document, including clearing the digital signatures.
Show
– Specify which elements will appear as part of the graphical signature of the digital signature:
Date and time
– Whether to display the date and time of the signature.
Reason
– Whether to ask the user to enter a reason for the signature and then display the
reason as part of the signature.
Signed by
– Whether to display the signer’s name as listed in the signer’s certificate.
Title
– Whether to ask the user to enter his/her title and then display it as part of the signature.
Logo
– Whether to display a logo image.
Graphical image
– Whether to display a graphical signature. If the user selects
Initials
, a set of
initial is displayed.
Field Style
– Specify the signature field style.
Transparent – Whether the visible signature is transparent. When a signature is
transparent, the document’s text underneath the signature text is not fully overwritten by
the visible signature elements.
Keep in mind that in order for this parameter to take effect, you should specify the In
Front Of Text layout for the signature field (refer to Figure 45 in Using Design Mode).
In addition, this setting will apply only to signatures generated after you set this setting.
Captions
– Specify whether to display the title of the element, for the elements selected in the
Show
section.
Restore Defaults
– Click to restore all the default values.
This field is available only when clicking
to configure defaults for all signatures in the document.