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Choose the “Digital Signatures” option from the “Use digital ID for” menu.

Select the appropriate one, but we recommend using the 2048-bit RSA option for more security.

Now, it is the time to choose a value from the Key Algorithm menu on the screen.

You can select the “Enable Unicode Support” option to specify Unicode values for the information you provided recently.

In this screen, type the information you want to be stored in your digital ID, like name and email addresses (The entered name will display in the signature field of the signed documents.).

This helps to store your encryption or e-sign information in a file.

Select the “New PKCS#12 digital ID file” option.

Choose the location to store the digital ID in the current window.

Now, select “A new digital ID I want to create now” option.

Now click on “Digital IDs” in the left panel of the window.

Click “Advanced” in the menu bar and select “Security Settings.”.

Acrobat will create a default appearance which should be good enough for the start.Īcrobat UI changed several times between version 9 and current DC, so when you read documentation make sure that it applied to your version (9). (Signing certificates produced by CAs have the latter two features).Īs to the appearance of a digital signature, it is something that just tells you that the document is signed and some info about the signer. It ensures the integrity of teh document (that it was not changed) but does not provide proof of who the signer is (the name that appears in the certificate cannot be verified) nor means to invalidate the certificate if it is stolen. Acrobat allows you to create your own digital ID (signing certificate) with diminished features. There are organizations called Certificate Authorities (CAs) that produce signing certificates.

To create a digital signature you need to have a signing certificate (Digital ID). Digital signature is a special encrypted block of data which contains the digest of all bytes in the document.

Do not confuse digital signature with its appearance.