April 2021

New Features

  • PDFA Standard Compliance (SHE-27353)
    • SigningHub now retains document compliance to PDF/A standards for PDF/A complaint documents that have been uploaded, shared or processed through SigningHub.


Improvements in this release

  • Document locking while using PAdES Part4 Signatures (SHE-26113)
    • Document fields can now be locked when performing PAdES Part4 signatures with document locking enabled in a workflow.
  • Non-English Characters for Form Fields (SHE-27180)
    • Form Fields that contains non-English characters (i.e. Arabic, Norwegian, Chinese or Japanese) are now render correctly when the document is view in Adobe.


Known Issues

The following are known issues with the SigningHub PDF/A Compliance feature, these will be addressed in a subsequent release, It is not possible to:

  • Add attachments to PDF’s, this results in a PDF that is not PDF/A compliant.
  • Merge multiple PDF's that have been imported with different PDF/A compliance levels.
  • Use Invisible Signatures on PDF’s
  • Use certify signatures (Specifically to Microsoft Word documents, converted by SigningHub)