Setting Up The Certificate Security Environment; Accessing The Windows Certificate Store - Adobe 22002484 Manual

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6.1 Setting up the Certificate Security Environment

If you're going to use certificate security, consider doing the following:
Configuring Acrobat to use certificates in the Windows Certificate store as well as those in the Acrobat
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store (which is on by default).
Choosing which certificate to use for encryption for those contacts who have provided you with more
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than one.
Setting up a group and a reusable security policy to simplify your workflows.
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6.1.1 Accessing the Windows Certificate Store

The Windows Certificate Store contains certificates used by Windows applications. For example, when
signing outgoing emails in Outlook, the digital ID comes from the Personal certificate store in Windows.
The trusted certificates stored in the Windows Trusted People certificate store are used by Windows
applications to validate signed emails from other people.
If you want to use certificates in the Windows Certificate Store to encrypt the document for the certificate
owner, add the Windows store to the certificate search path. This allows you to search Windows directories
when applying certificate security. By default, the Windows Certificate Store is not included in the
application search path. Once the option is manually turned on, the Windows store will appear in the
Search for recipients dialog Directories drop-down list.
To enable searching for certificates in the Windows Certificate Store:
1. Choose Edit > Preferences.
2. Choose Security in the left-hand panel.
3. Choose Advanced Preferences.
4. Display the Windows Integration tab.
5. Check Enable searching the Windows Certificate Store for certificates other than yours.
6. Choose OK.
7. Choose OK.
Tip: The checkboxes related to trust are only used for signature validation.
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