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Bill Clover
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August 5, 2020
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How to Extract pages with Digital Signatures

  • August 5, 2020
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How can I extract pages that contain a Digital signature and keep the digital signature content?  Extract feature in Adobe Pro 2017 removes the digital signature.

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    Mary28095832lyki
    Participating Frequently
    March 21, 2023

    Hi, is there's solution for extracting pdf document with digital signatures?

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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    March 21, 2023

    See discussion, this has been coverered.

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      Test Screen Name
      Legend
      August 5, 2020

      Pages don't have signatures. Really. Documents, whole documents, have signatures, and what it supports is the entire document. The on-page stamp is a useless and pointless decoration of no value. You can't remove part - imagine if a page of a contract could be removed, leaving it still signed... so, a complete non/starter I'm afraid. 

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      default030a9svj0vw6
      Participant
      January 27, 2021

      It works for the courts when you when you are using it as an exhibit attached behind other documents and official signed version is already apart of the court record the court doesn't care. Further if you have retained the esigned version should the invalidated signature come into question then you can easily provide it for the record. Simple as that. 

      try67
      Community Expert
      try67Community Expert
      Community Expert
      August 5, 2020

      Not possible without invalidating the signature. A Digital Signature prevents editing the file, including splitting it up while still keeping it signed. Imagine someone took a page from a contract you signed and pretended it was a self-standing document? Who knows what information there was on the other pages that you signed up for, which is now gone? Luckily, that's not possible with a digitally signed file.

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      Bill CloverAuthor
      Participant
      August 5, 2020

      In my case I need to use the content from the official record to support another process.  I am fine with the validation not working in the portion I am extracting for use (use of document versus official record of documetn), I just want to see the person's signature name, date.  I can go to the official unaltered record to get the validation.  Thanks

      try67
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      try67Community Expert
      Community Expert
      August 5, 2020

      An unvalidated signature is worthless. You might as well remove it altogether.

      LinSims
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      LinSimsCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 5, 2020

      Let me move this to the Acrobat forum for you, where you are more likely to receive an answer to your question.

      The Community Help forum is for help in using the Adobe Support Community forums, not for help with specific programs. Product questions should be posted in the associated product community.

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