Security tab
Use the settings on the Security tab to set preferences related to redaction, document signing and certification, general security, IDs and certificates, and more.
Redaction group
This group is available only in Power PDF Advanced.
Mark Redaction: Mark selected text blocks to be
redacted at a later time, such as after review.
Apply Redaction: Make all text 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.
Search and Redact:
Search redaction candidates in one or more
documents, and search one or more words or phrases or using search patterns. The results appear in a list; indicate for each
whether to ignore, mark for redaction or perform immediate redaction.
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.
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:
Place a digital signature on the current
page. Select
Sign and click in the page to insert an invisible signature. Draw a rectangle of sufficient size to
insert a visible signature. The Sign Document dialog box lets you specify the Digital ID certificate to use.
Time Stamp: Open the Time Stamp dialog box to select an existing time stamp service to use for the
current document, or add a new service. To manage time stamp services, use the settings in the
IDs and Certificates group. See
Time Stamping a Digital Signature.
Certify: Use the drop-down list to select 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: 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.
DocuSign: Use signatures managed by
DocuSign in your documents. You may sign or send documents via
DocuSign.
SignDoc: Use signatures managed by SignDoc in your documents.
You may sign or send documents via
SignDoc
.
Security group
Clean Document: Open the
Clean Document dialog box, listing elements to remove, in order to protect sensitive information.
Click
OK to perform the clean operation. For details on what kind of elements to remove with Clean
Document, see
Remove Document Elements.
Remove Elements: Open the
Remove Document Elements dialog box to select
which elements to remove from a document.
Secure Delivery: Open the
Secure Delivery dialog box to review the typical
security steps to perform before distributing documents.
Manage Security: 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.
IDs and Certificates group
Manage Digital Identities: View a list of
current digital IDs and work with them.
Manage Trusted Identities: See a list of
trusted identities and manage related
settings.
DRM group
RMS Security: The Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Service (RMS) is supported. This tool
functions only if your computer has an installed client component for RMS. Use the service to compile a set of names or groups and
specify permissions and prohibitions for each of them in relation to the current document. See
Security Properties for details.
Panels
Signatures: Open the Signatures panel to view a summary of all digital signatures in the document and manage related settings.
Security: Open the Security panel to apply password or certificate security.
Sign/Certify: Open the Sign/Certify panel to view a summary of all saved signature schemes and manage related settings, or to create new signature schemes.