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Approve a PDF
1 Open the PDF attachment in the approval invitation email message.
Note: If you haven't added identity information to the stamp, you're prompted to do so.
Select a stamp from Stamps palette. (To view all stamps, scroll or drag a corner to resize the window.)
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3 Click the document to apply your approval stamp.
Note: To delete a digital identity stamp that you've applied, select it and press Delete. If you select Print, Save A Copy, or
Email during the approval process, you can't delete your stamp.
Do one of the following:
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To send the document to the next approver, click the Approve button in the document message bar. In the Send
To Next Approver dialog box, type the email address for the next approver in the To box, add addresses for other
recipients as appropriate, and click Send.
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To complete the approval process, click the Final Approval button in the document message bar. In the Complete
Final Approval dialog box, specify whether to send an approval notification from the Final Approval Method
menu. If you send a notification, type an email address in the To box, add addresses for other recipients as appro-
priate, and click Send. If you don't send a notification, click Complete.
If the Notify Initiator Of Approval Status Via Email option is selected, a separate email notification appears,
addressed to the initiator. Click Send to send this notification.
PDFs in an approval workflow present instructions and tools.
5 Save the PDF.
Important: If you use the Email button
and approval options aren't available to the recipient of that email message.
Reject a PDF
If the PDF you received in an approval request doesn't meet the requirements for approval, use the options in the
document message bar to reject the document and return it to the initiator. If a PDF is rejected, the approval
workflow must be reinitiated.
1 Open the PDF attachment in the approval invitation email message.
Click the Reject button in the document message bar.
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In the Reject And Send Notification dialog box, type the email address for the initiator in the To box. If the Notify
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Initiator Of Approval Status Via Email option is selected, a separate email is sent to the approval initiator. Click Send.
in the toolbar to send the PDF, the PDF is no longer part of the workflow,
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