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.

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 through DocuSign.

SignDoc: Use signatures managed by SignDoc in your documents. You may sign or send documents through SignDoc . Click the SignDoc tool and select from the available commands:

• Kofax SignDoc: Select to open the SignDoc WEB app on an integrated browser page. Log in with your SignDoc credentials and use SignDoc with the regular user interface.

• Open from template: Select to Edit a SignDoc template in PowerPDF.

• Send with template: Select only in conjunction with Open from template. See Edit a SignDoc template for details.

• Send via Kofax SignDoc: Select to display the Sign via Kofax SignDoc panel where you can log in to SignDoc, add recipients and fields, and then send the active document to the signers.
• Send with Kofax SignDoc – Signature: Sign a document using a compatible signing pad.
• Send with Kofax SignDoc – Image: Sign your document using a signature saved in an image file.
• Send with Kofax SignDoc – Camera: Sign your document using a webcam photo.

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.

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.

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 About using RMS security.

Azure Information Protection: This tool functions only if you select the Use Azure Information Protection instead of AD RMS setting in Security Preferences. The service allows you to select from the available Azure security labels to apply to the active document. See Microsoft Azure Information Protection.

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.