

If you are not sure which option is right for you, consider the following: If you don't have one already installed on your computer, you can purchase one from a trusted Certificate Authority (consult the documentation that accompanies it to install the digital ID Revu will automatically detect digital IDs installed in eTokens, USB dongles, or in your Windows Certificate Store) or you can create one in Revu (also known as "self-signed"). Revu also supports Adobe CDS signatures.īefore you can digitally sign or certify a document, you need a digital ID in Revu. Revu validates and signs documents based on the Windows Certificate Store and the PKCS #12 standards. Revu also supports commercially available certificates purchased from trusted third-party Certificate Authorities. You can create and validate signatures from self-signed certificates, which is ideal for certification that occurs within organizations or among trusted parties. Revu supports both adding digital signature fields to PDFs and applying digital signatures to those fields. An electronic signature is simply an electronic representation of somebody's autograph a digital signature contains a unique digital ID to verify its authenticity.

If changes are made to the document after the digital signature is placed, the status of the signature changes accordingly.

