Security tab

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.

Whiteout: After confirming a warning dialog, use the mouse pointer to select areas to clear white, permanently removing the information covered.

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. 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.

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.

Trusted Identities: See a list of trusted identities and manage related settings.

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.