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Electronic signatures
Last updated 4/7/2015
Track documents sent for signature
You can keep track of which files are out for signature, signed, or waiting for your signature.
❖ In the Home > Sent view, click Manage Documents Sent for Signature. The Adobe Document Cloud eSign services
Manage page is displayed in a new browser window.
• Sign PDF documents
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Certificate-based signatures
A certificate-based signature, like a conventional handwritten signature, identifies the person signing a document.
Unlike a handwritten signature, a certificate-based signature is difficult to forge because it contains encrypted
information that is unique to the signer. It can be easily verified and informs recipients whether the document was
modified after the signer initially signed the document.
To sign a document with a certificate-based signature, you must obtain a digital ID or create a self-signed digital ID in
Acrobat or Adobe Reader. The digital ID contains a private key and a certificate with a public key and more. The private
key is used to create the certificate-based signature. The certificate is a credential that is automatically applied to the
signed document. The signature is verified when recipients open the document.