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Create a digital certificate to digitally sign a document immediately. If you do not want to purchase a digital certificate from a third-party certificate authority (CA), or if you want to digitally sign your document immediately, you can create your own digital certificate.
What is a digital signature? A digital signature is an electronic, encrypted, stamp of authentication on digital information such as email messages, macros, or electronic documents. A signature confirms that the information originated from the signer and has not been altered.
This article explains how you can get or create a digital signature for use in Office documents. To learn more about how to use them in Office documents, see Add or remove a digital signature in Office files.
You can view information about a digital signature, or the certificate that is used to create the digital signature, in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. For more information on adding or removing digital signatures, see Add or remove a digital signature.
Remove invisible digital signatures from Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. What is a digital signature? A digital signature is an electronic, encrypted, stamp of authentication on digital information such as e-mail messages, macros, or electronic documents. A signature confirms that the information originated from the signer and has not been altered.
This article describes how you can digitally sign a macro project on Windows by using a certificate. If you don't already have a digital certificate, you'll need to get one. Tip: To use or test macro projects on your own computer, you can create your own self-signing certificate by using the Selfcert.exe tool.
Your handwritten signature gives your document a personal touch. You can scan your signature and store it as a picture to insert in the document. You can also insert a signature line to indicate where a signature should be written.
You can determine whether a signed document contains hidden content by viewing the additional details about the signature and looking for a message at the top of the Additional Information dialog box that says that the current view of the document is not showing some things that were signed.
You can view information about a digital signature, or the certificate that is used to create the digital signature, in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. For more information on adding or removing digital signatures, see Add or remove a digital signature.
You can add a signature line to a document, add a graphic of your handwritten signature, or save a signature block as an AutoText building block. For information on adding a digital signature, see Add or remove a digital signature in Office files.
Select the File tab. Select Info, choose Protect Document, point to Restrict Permission by People, and then select Restricted Access. In the Permissions dialog box, select Restrict permission to this document, and then assign the access levels that you want for each user.