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Form Security & Digital Signatures
I have a couple of different Word forms that are protected so that they can
only be filled out. Is there any way to keep this setting and also be able to digital signatures? I haven't been able to get both...sure would be nice not to have to print! |
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What sort of digital signatures did you have in mind?
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: I have a couple of different Word forms that are protected so that they can only be filled out. Is there any way to keep this setting and also be able to digital signatures? I haven't been able to get both...sure would be nice not to have to print! |
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We are using PKI for our digital signatures. I can digitally sign a document
and I can protect a document, but I can't seem to do both at the same time. "Graham Mayor" wrote: What sort of digital signatures did you have in mind? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: I have a couple of different Word forms that are protected so that they can only be filled out. Is there any way to keep this setting and also be able to digital signatures? I haven't been able to get both...sure would be nice not to have to print! |
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I have not used this facility, but my feeling is that you will have to
temporarily unlock the form in vba, apply the signature then relock it again. the code to lock and unlock the form will be similar to that at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...ProtectDoc.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: We are using PKI for our digital signatures. I can digitally sign a document and I can protect a document, but I can't seem to do both at the same time. "Graham Mayor" wrote: What sort of digital signatures did you have in mind? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: I have a couple of different Word forms that are protected so that they can only be filled out. Is there any way to keep this setting and also be able to digital signatures? I haven't been able to get both...sure would be nice not to have to print! |
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First protect the document for forms and save it. Then go to Tools Options
Security, click the Digital Signatures button, and apply the PKI certificate. If you later open the document and enter anything in the form, and then click Save, you'll see a message that the digital signature will be removed if you continue. That's because the document content no longer matches the hash used for the original signature. If you want the form to still be signed, you'll have to sign it again after saving. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. JulieKathe wrote: We are using PKI for our digital signatures. I can digitally sign a document and I can protect a document, but I can't seem to do both at the same time. "Graham Mayor" wrote: What sort of digital signatures did you have in mind? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: I have a couple of different Word forms that are protected so that they can only be filled out. Is there any way to keep this setting and also be able to digital signatures? I haven't been able to get both...sure would be nice not to have to print! |
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Thanks. That's what I was afraid of. We don't have that option. The form
needs to remain secure when we send it out. We wanted to take advantage of digital signatures as a way to ensure who validated the form so we didn't have to maintain hard copies. "Graham Mayor" wrote: I have not used this facility, but my feeling is that you will have to temporarily unlock the form in vba, apply the signature then relock it again. the code to lock and unlock the form will be similar to that at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...ProtectDoc.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: We are using PKI for our digital signatures. I can digitally sign a document and I can protect a document, but I can't seem to do both at the same time. "Graham Mayor" wrote: What sort of digital signatures did you have in mind? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: I have a couple of different Word forms that are protected so that they can only be filled out. Is there any way to keep this setting and also be able to digital signatures? I haven't been able to get both...sure would be nice not to have to print! |
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Jay, Thanks! That's the problem. I kept trying to save the file after
signing it...now it works. I really appreciate your help. We are leveraging technology whereever possible to cut down on our papertrail processes. Now we're one step closer. Julie "Jay Freedman" wrote: First protect the document for forms and save it. Then go to Tools Options Security, click the Digital Signatures button, and apply the PKI certificate. If you later open the document and enter anything in the form, and then click Save, you'll see a message that the digital signature will be removed if you continue. That's because the document content no longer matches the hash used for the original signature. If you want the form to still be signed, you'll have to sign it again after saving. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. JulieKathe wrote: We are using PKI for our digital signatures. I can digitally sign a document and I can protect a document, but I can't seem to do both at the same time. "Graham Mayor" wrote: What sort of digital signatures did you have in mind? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: I have a couple of different Word forms that are protected so that they can only be filled out. Is there any way to keep this setting and also be able to digital signatures? I haven't been able to get both...sure would be nice not to have to print! |
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It will be secure if it is locked again?
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: Thanks. That's what I was afraid of. We don't have that option. The form needs to remain secure when we send it out. We wanted to take advantage of digital signatures as a way to ensure who validated the form so we didn't have to maintain hard copies. "Graham Mayor" wrote: I have not used this facility, but my feeling is that you will have to temporarily unlock the form in vba, apply the signature then relock it again. the code to lock and unlock the form will be similar to that at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...ProtectDoc.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: We are using PKI for our digital signatures. I can digitally sign a document and I can protect a document, but I can't seem to do both at the same time. "Graham Mayor" wrote: What sort of digital signatures did you have in mind? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: I have a couple of different Word forms that are protected so that they can only be filled out. Is there any way to keep this setting and also be able to digital signatures? I haven't been able to get both...sure would be nice not to have to print! |
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We are also trying to use digital signatures with Word 2007 documents that
are protected. Users can't just double click the signature line to sign the form unless the file is unprotected. Jay came up with a solution in an older version of Word but the menu path doesn't match what's in Word 2007. There is nothing for "Security" in the Word Options dialog now. Any advice? "Jay Freedman" wrote: First protect the document for forms and save it. Then go to Tools Options Security, click the Digital Signatures button, and apply the PKI certificate. If you later open the document and enter anything in the form, and then click Save, you'll see a message that the digital signature will be removed if you continue. That's because the document content no longer matches the hash used for the original signature. If you want the form to still be signed, you'll have to sign it again after saving. -- JulieKathe wrote: We are using PKI for our digital signatures. I can digitally sign a document and I can protect a document, but I can't seem to do both at the same time. "Graham Mayor" wrote: What sort of digital signatures did you have in mind? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieKathe wrote: I have a couple of different Word forms that are protected so that they can only be filled out. Is there any way to keep this setting and also be able to digital signatures? I haven't been able to get both...sure would be nice not to have to print! |
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