Operation Manual

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USING ACROBAT X STANDARD
Security
Last updated 10/11/2011
Note: If you don’t see the Sign & Certify or Protection panel, see the instructions for adding panels at “Task panes” on
page 8.
2 Click Request Contact.
3 Type your name, e-mail address, and contact information.
4 To allow other users to add your certificate to their list of trusted identities, select Include My Certificates.
5 Select either Email Request or Save Request As A File. Then click Next.
6 Select the digital ID file to use, and then click Select.
7 Do one of the following:
• If the Compose Email dialog box appears, type the e-mail address of the person you’re requesting a certificate from,
and click Email. Send the e-mail message that appears, with the attached certificate, in the default e-mail
application.
• If the Export Data As dialog box appears, specify a name and location for the file, click Save, and then click OK.
Add a certificate from e-mail
When a contact sends a certificate to you in e-mail, it is displayed as an import/export methodology file attachment.
1 Double-click the e-mail attachment, and then click Set Contact Trust in the dialog box that appears.
2 On the Trust tab of the Import Contact Settings dialog box, select trust options.
• Select Use This Certificate As A Trusted Root only if it is required to validate a digital signature. Once you make a
certificate a trust anchor, you prevent revocation checking on it (or any certificate in the chain).
• To allow actions that can be a security risk, click Certified Documents, and then select the options you want to
allow:
Dynamic Content Includes FLV and SWF files as well as external links.
Embedded High Privilege JavaScript Trusts embedded scripts.
Privileged System Operations Includes networking, printing, and file access
3 Click OK to view the import details, and then click OK again.
Add a certificate from a digital signature in a PDF
You can safely add a certificate to your trusted identities from a signed PDF by first verifying the fingerprint with the
originator or the certificate.
1 Open the PDF containing the signature.
2 Open the signature panel, and select the signature in the Signatures panel.
3 On the Options menu, click Show Signature Properties, and then click Show Certificate.
4 If the certificate is self-signed, contact the originator of the certificate to confirm that the fingerprint values on the
Details tab are correct. Trust the certificate only if the values match the values of the originator.
5 Click the Trust tab, click Add To Trusted Identities, and click OK.
6 In the Import Contact Settings dialog box, specify trust options, and click OK.
Set up Acrobat to search the Windows certificate store (Windows only)
1 In the Security preferences, click Advanced Preferences.