Additional)adviceon)usingthedigital)signatures · when you use the digital ID to sign or decrypt...

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Additional advice on using the digital signatures tested and consistently successful Adobe Acrobat Pro must be used to open the signature page, Adobe Reader (or anything like preview or internet explorer) won’t work. THEN, but, sometimes the right click does not work… If that happens to you, then click on the “Tools” button and a menu will open on the right. From here you can click to open the “Sign & Certify” menu that will allow you to “Sign Document”. From here the rest of the directions work consistently. Digital Signature: follow the directions in the dialogue boxes to set up your Adobe Digital ID/Signature. 1. Right Click on the Signature box and select Sign Document; a dialogue box will appear. 2. Click the drop-down menu (on the top) and select New ID.

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Additional  advice  on  using  the  digital  signatures  tested  and  consistently  successful

  Adobe  Acrobat  Pro  must  be  used  to  open  the  signature  page,  Adobe  Reader  (or  anything  like  preview  or  internet  explorer)  won’t  work.        THEN,               but,  sometimes  the  right  

click  does  not  work…      If  that  happens  to  you,  then  click  on  the  “Tools”  button  and  a  menu  will  open  on  the  right.    From  here  you  can  click  to  open  the  “Sign  &  Certify”  

menu  that  will  allow  you  to  “Sign  Document”.    From  here  the  rest  of  the  directions  work  consistently.  

Digital Signature: follow the directions in the dialogue boxes to set up your Adobe Digital ID/Signature.

1. Right Click on the Signature box and select Sign Document; a dialogue box will appear.

2. Click the drop-down menu (on the top) and select New ID.

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3. Click the option ‘A New Digital ID I want to create now,’ and click next.

3 a. PC Users select New PKCS#12 digital ID file

4. Enter your name and e-mail address, then select next.

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5. Enter a file location and password for your new Digital ID.

6. You will be taken back to a box that says ‘sign document.’ Enter your password and click sign.

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7. Open the digital signature (in the file location you saved it to earlier) and click save.

8. Your name will then be saved to the Adobe document.