Digitally signing technical documents ensures their authenticity, integrity, and trustworthiness. It confirms that the documents were created by a verified source and have not been altered since they were signed.


The digital signature settings apply to documents generated in both Microsoft Word document (DOCX) format and Adobe PDF format.


Digitally sign documents

Determines whether to digitally sign documents.


Use certificate in machine store

Uses the specified certificate in the local machine certificate store that meets the certificate requirements.


Use certificate file

Uses the specified certificate file in .pfx format that meets the certificate requirements.


Certificate Password

The password to use to access the certificate when using a certificate file.


Timestamp Server

The URL of the timestamp server - by default "http://timestamp.digicert.com".