Digital Signatures and Word
July 13, 2007 8:32 AM   Subscribe

Digital signatures in Word (currently using 2002). How to do this easily from the user's end but with some requirements that the selfcert.exe won't do (that I can tell)?

We have some internal forms that need signatures, and we're trying to route them electronically now. We need to keep them in the Word format, and not convert to PDF. These would not be legally binding documents, these are just used internally.

Ideally, this electronic signature would show some sort of pretty signature on the line where we'd have people sign off if it were hard copy as well as having some way to see which computer the signature originated from. Also, this needs to be as easy as possible for the users.

We have a Windows 2003 standard server running on the network and mostly Windows XP boxes. Active Directory is set up, but we're not using it fully - just for setting up users and having them connect to the domain.

Is there something I'm missing that the selfcert can do for this? Or is there an add-on I can get? I'm apparently searching for the wrong things and not finding anything.
posted by schnee to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)
 
As far as the pretty signature is concerned, sign a piece of paper, scan it and import it into the document. If you save it with a transparent background it will fit nicely over the signature line that's probably already there.
posted by bizwank at 6:28 PM on July 13, 2007


Response by poster: Pasting the image of the signature is easy enough, but it doesn't solve the issue of not having Joe paste Anne's signature in the document.

Years ago when I used Lotus Notes, there was a feature like this (yes, I'm fully aware Lotus Notes != Word and that it's comparing apples to oranges). I just haven't had any luck finding it for Word.
posted by schnee at 7:51 AM on July 14, 2007


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