SigningHub lets you certify your digital signature. The certified signature is used to restrict the recipients to perform only the specific changes in a document, as system wont allow them to perform any other changes. 


In this regard, the first signature of each document in a workflow package will be a certified digital signature that will determine the allowed permissions on the document, while the rest of the signatures will be the simple digital signatures. A document having a certified digital signature is called a certified document. 

System might show the pre-selected options as laid out in your Enterprise Settings. (In case of an Individual user, the options specified in the web.config file will be followed.) You may change the default settings as required before saving the template. See the following table for details:


Certify Options

Fields

Description

Certify with no changes

Select this option to disallow any changes to the document after the Certified Digital Signature has been applied. The recipients will not be able to add any annotation to the document, fill PDF forms, or include additional signatures. This option is intended for documents requiring only one signature.

Certify with form filling and signing

Select this option to allow the recipients to only fill in PDF forms, and sign empty signature fields, after the Certified Digital Signature has been applied. They will not be able to add any new annotations to the document. This option is intended for documents requiring one or more signatures.

Certify with form filling, signing and annotations

Select this option to allow the recipients to fill in PDF forms, sign empty signature fields, and add annotations to the document after the Certified Digital Signature has been applied. This option is intended for documents requiring one or more signatures.


Configure certified document settings in the template
After you have added a template document:

  1. Click the three dots menu   and select the "Certify" option, against the document.

  2. Click the "Certify Document" option, and choose the required certification preference from the next appearing drop down. For details, see the "Certify Options" table above.
  3. Click the "Lock the document when last recipient has signed" option, if you want to lock all the form fields of your document after the last signature. Document locking feature is specifically related to the PDF documents with form fields. This check will be disabled when "Certify with no changes" option is selected from the above drop down.

  4. Click the "Save" button.