Digital Signatures

Adds and removes digital signatures to and from your document. You can also use the dialogue box to view certificates.

To access this command...

From the menu bar:

Choose File - Digital Signatures - Digital Signatures.

Choose File - Properties - General tab, click Digital Signatures button.

Choose Tools - Macros - Digital Signature.

From the tabbed interface:

Choose File - Digital Signatures.

From toolbars:

Digital Signature

From the status bar:

Click the Signature field on the Status bar.

About Digital Signatures

You must save a file before you can apply a digital signature to the file.

You must save a file in OpenDocument format or OOXML format or export to PDF before you can apply an X509 digital signature to the file. You must save a file in OpenDocument format and have GnuPG installed on your system before you can apply an OpenPGP digital signature to the file.

The signature will be a XAdES signature for ODF and OOXML, PAdES signature for PDF.

List

Lists the digital signatures for the current document.

The Signed icon indicates a valid digital signature, while the Exclamation mark icon indicates an invalid digital signature.

View Certificate

Opens the View Certificate dialogue box.

Sign Document

Opens the Select Certificate dialogue box.

Remove

Removes the selected signature from the list. Removes all subsequent signatures as well, in case of PDF.

GPG Certificate Manager

Opens the installed certificate manager of your system.

Applying Digital Signatures