How to Do Everything Adobe Acrobat X

About Digital Signatures

With Acrobat, documents can be digitally signed. A digital signature is like an electronic thumbprint; it identifies the signer of the document. A digital signature also records any changes made by the signer and stores information about the signer with the document.

When you add Acrobat Certificate Security to a document, only a team member with an authorized digital signature can view the document. Acrobat users with digital signatures can select their digital ID and log in prior to working on secure documents. Secure documents open without requesting the user for a password if an authorized user has selected their digital ID and logged in prior to opening the document.

If you use Acrobat to send contracts to clients, ...