saving text documents as PDF

[jo...@openoffice.org]

Hello,

I have a question about exporting word-processing documents as PDFs; 
specifically, how do I enable the "signing" of documents in Adobe 
Reader?  That is, after I save a text document as a PDF, I want to be 
able to use Adobe Reader to sign it.

Currently, if I use "export as PDF" and then open a document in Adobe 
Reader, Document > Sign > Sign Document is greyed out, and if I go to 
Document > Security > Show Security Properties, I see that "signing" is 
"not allowed."

According to Adobe's documentation, "In Reader, only PDFs with Reader 
Usage Rights enabled can be signed."  How does one set "Reader Usage 
Rights" when exporting an OpenOffice document as a PDF?  Or, must one 
have the full version of Adobe Acrobat in order to create signable 
documents?

Finally (and, admittedly, this question is off-topic), where can I get 
an inexpensive PDF-signing certificate so that when I e-mail or upload a 
document that I've signed, the recipient won't see an error message 
warning them that the document is self-signed?

Thank you,
Jonathan

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Re: saving text documents as PDF

[mt <mt...@lockedbags.org>]

As you suggest in 3rd paragraph, below, I have a feeling the 
whole "signing" procedure might be outside the scope of OO, and 
you might need Adobe Acrobat Pro for that.

This said, a quick Internet search just brought up the following:

     <https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/How_to_use_digital_Signatures>

?? :-)

Would be great if you could report back and let us know if that helped.

Cheers,

marina



On 11/11/13 at 1:27 PM, jonathandl@openoffice.org wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have a question about exporting word-processing documents as 
>PDFs; specifically, how do I enable the "signing" of documents 
>in Adobe Reader?  That is, after I save a text document as a 
>PDF, I want to be able to use Adobe Reader to sign it.
>
>Currently, if I use "export as PDF" and then open a document in 
>Adobe Reader, Document > Sign > Sign Document is greyed out, 
>and if I go to Document > Security > Show Security Properties, 
>I see that "signing" is "not allowed."
>
>According to Adobe's documentation, "In Reader, only PDFs with 
>Reader Usage Rights enabled can be signed."  How does one set 
>"Reader Usage Rights" when exporting an OpenOffice document as 
>a PDF?  Or, must one have the full version of Adobe Acrobat in 
>order to create signable documents?
>
>Finally (and, admittedly, this question is off-topic), where 
>can I get an inexpensive PDF-signing certificate so that when I 
>e-mail or upload a document that I've signed, the recipient 
>won't see an error message warning them that the document is self-signed?
>
>Thank you,
>Jonathan
>
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