Requiring Document Warning Review Prior To Signing; Enabling A Warnings Comment Or Legal Attestation - Adobe 22002486 User Manual

Acrobat 9 Family of Products
Security Feature User Guide
Adobe Reader (Macintosh): Adobe Reader > Preferences > Security
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2. Choose Advanced Preferences.
3. Choose the Creation tab
4. Set Enable Reviewing of Document Warnings. Select from the following:
Never: Turns off document warning review. No Review button appears in the signing dialog.
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When certifying a document: The Review button appears in the signing dialog only when a
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certification signature is being applied. This option allows the signer to add a legal attestation.
Always: The Review button always appears in the signing dialog. This option allows the signer to
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add a legal attestation for certification signatures.

4.2.1.7 Requiring Document Warning Review Prior to Signing

If document warning reviews are critical to your signing workflow, you can require them.
Note:
1. Choose one of the following:
Acrobat (Windows): Edit > Preferences > Security
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Acrobat (Macintosh): Acrobat > Preferences > Security
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Adobe Reader (Windows): Edit > Preferences > Security
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Adobe Reader (Macintosh): Adobe Reader > Preferences > Security
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2. Set Prevent Signing Until Document Warnings Are Reviewed. Select from the following:
Never: Signing can continue without a document warning review.
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When certifying a document: Signers must choose Review to apply a certification signature.
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Always: Signers must always choose Review when signing.
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4.2.1.8 Enabling a Warnings Comment or Legal Attestation

For certified documents that contain multimedia, comments, or other dynamic content, it often beneficial
to add a warnings comment or legal attestation that states that the content is OK and permitted by the
author. If document warnings are enabled, then the signer can review the warnings and either choose
from Acrobat's default comment "I have included this content to make the document more dynamic, " or
create a custom comment.
To enable warnings comments on certified documents:
1. Set Enable Reviewing of Document Warnings to When certifying a document or Always as
described in
(Figure
Enable Reviewing of Document Warnings and Prevent Signing Until Document Warnings
Are Reviewed settings function in tandem and should be set together. Setting both these
options to Always results in the highest degree of assurance that the signing process is not
adversely impacted by malicious content.
"Enabling Document Warning Review" on page
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Authoring Signable Documents
Setting Signing Preferences
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