This ribbon contains the following groups and tools, from left to right:
Panels group
Security: Open the Security panel to apply password or certificate security.
Signatures: Open the Signatures panel to see a summary of all digital signatures in the document and work with them.
Sign/Certify: Open the Sign/Certify panel to see a summary of all saved signature schemes and work with them, and to create new schemes.
Redaction group
This group is available only in Power PDF Advanced.
Mark Redaction: Mark selected text blocks to be redacted at a later time, for instance after review.
Search and Redact: Search redaction candidates in one or more documents, search one or more words or phrases or using search patterns. The results appear in a list; choose for each whether to ignore, mark for redaction or perform immediate redaction.
Apply redaction: Make all texts previously marked for redaction permanently unreadable. This command cannot be undone, so before using Apply Redaction you should save a copy of the document if you will need access to its original content.
Redaction Properties: Specify display details for the appearance of redacted areas: rectangle color and overlay text, including the use of redaction codes. Author name and subject can also be set.
Prepare group
Secure Delivery: Open the Secure Delivery dialog box for a four-step process with typical security steps used before distributing documents.
Remove Elements:: Open the Remove Document Elements dialog box to select which elements to remove.
Settings: Choose Modify or Remove from the drop-down list. View security properties and a summary of permitted actions. If you have authorization you can apply password or certificate security and modify or remove security settings.
Sign and Certify group
Handwritten signature: Place a predefined image containing your handwritten signature on the PDF page or draw or type a signature and manage the collection of this type of signatures. This signature type offers no security protection.
Sign: Use this to place a digital signature on the current page. Choose it and click in the page to place an invisible signature. Draw a rectangle of sufficient size to place a visible signature. The Sign Document dialog box lets you specify the Digital ID certificate to be used.
Time Stamp: Open the Time Stamp dialog box allowing you to choose an existing time stamp service to be used for the current document or add a new one. Managing time stamp services is done in the ID and Certificates group. See Time Stamping a Digital Signature.
Certify: Use the drop-down list to choose whether your signature should be visible or invisible. This command allows you to partly or completely restrict the permitted actions available to recipients of this document. See Signing and Certifying Documents.
Document Signatures: Use this to work with signatures in the current document. Add your digital signature to a signature field, clear all signature fields, verify a signature and if it is not valid, see the changes made after the signature was applied.
IDs and Certificates group
Manage Digital IDs: See a list of current digital IDs and work with them.
Manage Trusted Identities: See a list of trusted identities and work with it.
DRM group
Support is introduced for the Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Service (RMS). This tool functions only if your computer has an installed client component for RMS.
Note
The previous ribbon tools to import security settings from a proprietary file type into the current document, or export selected types of security settings to a file are replaced by buttons at File > Options > Security.
Tip
To find tools in other ribbons, see Ribbon Overview.
