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Zain Ali16B8
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February 5, 2021
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Multiple digital signatures without the file being fully locked?

  • February 5, 2021
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I need help with the following scenario:

An excel file is exported as PDF, a director digitally sings it with a certificate. He sends the file to two managers and they have to countersign it. But the managers are unable to add their signs as the file is locked because of the first sign.

 

How to multiple digital signatures without the file being fully locked?

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Correct answer Bernd Alheit

Look at the properties of the signature field.

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Zain Ali16B8Author
New Participant
February 9, 2021

The solution was to work only with digital signatures by everyone. As Bernd Alheit mentioned, in the settings of the signature field there were options to not lock it.

The user had initially requested for a solution to be able to sign with the option "Sign and fill", to just add their signature. But to add digital sign was eventually the better solution.

Bernd Alheit
Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
February 5, 2021

Read this:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/multiple-digital-signatures/td-p/10545243 

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Zain Ali16B8Author
New Participant
February 5, 2021

Thanks for the useful tip.

However, I am having problems reproducing the issue.

I got Acrobat Pro trial version to reproduce the issue, but when I create a digital signature, I do not have the checkbox option to lock the file after signing. Any idea how can I enable this feature?

Bernd Alheit
Bernd AlheitCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 5, 2021

Look at the properties of the signature field.

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