11.2.1 for Windows

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Windows Certificate Store – Stores the digital ID to a common location. Other
Windows applications can also retrieve it.
 Click Import to import a certificate from Windows Certificate store.
 Click Browse to import a certificate from disk.
 Click Remove to delete a recipient from recipient list.
 Click Permission to set document restriction for the selected recipient. About
Permission options, please refer to “Add document restrictions” of Password
security options.
3. Select Encryption Algorithm (support 128-bit AES, 256-bit AES and128 bit ARC-
FOUR.
4. Check Don’t Encrypt metadata to encrypt the documents except metadata.
5. (Optional) Check Save the settings as a new policy to save the current security
settings as a policy so that you can apply it to other documents.
6. Click OK and save the document.
See also “About digital ID”
Change or remove certificate protection
To change or remove security settings, you must have permission to do so. If you want
to change or remove security encrypted with certificate, you must have all access to
the document, or you can’t do changes or remove security settings.
To change certificate protection, please do the following:
1. Choose Protect > Secure Document > Security Properties, or choose File >
Properties.
2. In the Security tab of the Document Properties dialog box, choose Document
Security > Certificate Protection, and then click Change Settings…
3. In Certificate Protection dialog box, refer to Add a certificate security.
4. Click OK and save the document to apply your changes.
To remove certificate protection, please do one of the following:
1. Choose Protect > Secure Document > Remove Security.
2. Choose Protect > Secure Document >Security Properties or choose File >
Properties, in the Security tab of the Document Properties dialog box, choose No