View Digital Signatures in Word Documents

This section provides a tutorial example on how to view digital signatures in MS Word 2007 documents. Clicking the digital signature icon in the status bar turns on and off the Signatures panel when editing Word documents.

Once John added his digital signature, the document becomes final. Modification is not allowed any more.

If John clicks the digital signature icon in the status bar, the "Signatures" panel shows up on MS Word 2007 window. John's signature is listed in the panel as a valid signature.

Right-mouse click on the signature, two action options shows up: "Signature Details" and "Remove Signature":
View Digital Signatures in MS Word 2007

The "Signature Details" option allows John to see more details about the signature.

The "Remove Signature" option allows John to remove his signature.

Last update: 2011.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

 Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

 Using HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer) 10

 Using HTTPS with Chrome 40

 Using HTTPS with Firefox 35

 Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 Certificate Stores and Certificate Console

 .NET Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates

 PKI CA Administration - Issuing Certificates

Digital Signature - Microsoft Word 2007

 What Is Digital Signature?

 PKI Digital Signature

 Applying Digital Signatures with MS Word 2007

 Creating a Digital ID and Sign Word Documents

View Digital Signatures in Word Documents

 Viewing Digital ID Created by MS Word

 Obtaining a Trial Digital ID from ARX CoSign

 Viewing Digital ID Obtained from ARX CoSign

 Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3

 S/MIME and Email Security

 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Terminology

 Outdated Tutorials

 References

 PDF Printing Version