Setting Up A Document For Certification; You Can Customize The Way A Certified Document Behaves For Signers By Giving Form Fields; Additional Features With Seed Values. For Example, You Can Preconfigure Custom Signing Reasons Or - Adobe 22002486 User Manual

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6. The recipient decides whether or not to continue modifying and signing the document based on the
list of warnings and certifier's warning comment (if any).
7. The recipient modifies the document if it is permitted by the certifier (for example, filling in a form).
8. The recipient signs with an approval signature and forwards it to the next recipient (if any).

6.2.2 Setting up a Document for Certification

Authoring Form Fields
When a certified document contains more than one form field, field properties such as locking, placement,
naming, tooltips, and even appearance should be specified in ways which help the recipients understand
the form and easily determine whether or not data changes have invalidated the signature and
certification. For details, see
Using Seed Values to Individual Form Fields
6.2.3
You can customize the way a certified document behaves for signers by giving form fields additional
features with seed values. For example, you can preconfigure custom signing reasons or limit signing to only those
with certificates with predefined characteristics.
Before continuing:
Configure your application as described in
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Prepare the document for certification as described in
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page
1. Initiate the certification process by doing one of the following:
Right clicking on a signature field and choosing Certify with a Visible Signature
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Choosing a menu item:
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2. (Optional): If your application is configured to automatically enter preview mode during signing, do the
following:
1. Review the text in the Document Message Bar at the top of the document.
The certifier's warning comment is not viewable via preview mode.
"Authoring Signable Forms" on page
93.
Advanced > Sign & Certify > Certify with Visible Signature
Advanced > Sign & Certify > Certify without Visible Signature
Note: Selecting a field results in signing that field. When a field is not preselected, choosing one
of these menu items invokes a dialog which asks you what field you would like to sign.
Certifying a Document
"Setting up the Signing Environment" on page
"Setting up a Document for Certification" on
Signing Documents
Setting up a Document for Certification
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