Creating or Distributing Proof Information

You can create the Electronic Signature Proof Information that is required to add a Trusted Electronic Signature as follows.

Creating Proof Information

Open an Electronic Signature Case and perform the following procedure in the [DocuWorks Electronic Signature Case Tool] window.
Procedure
1.
Select [My Signature] tab in the [DocuWorks Electronic Signature Case Tool] window.
2.
Select a My Electronic Signature, then select [Create Proof Information for Signature] from the [Edit] menu of [DocuWorks Electronic Signature Case Tool] window.
The [Creating proof information for Signature] dialog box appears.
3.
Specify the folder in which you want to create the Proof Information and a file name, then click [Save].
The Proof Information is created in the specified folder.

About distributing Proof Information

In the following cases, you must present your Signature Proof Information to another user to have the Electronic Signature added to his / her Electronic Signature Case as a Trusted Electronic Signature:
  • When another user verifies a document to which you have attached your My Electronic Signature
  • When another user specifies your My Electronic Signature as one of the Electronic Signatures that can open a protected document he / she creates
Make sure to distribute the Proof Information using secure means such as copying it to a floppy disk and handing it to another user, or attaching it to a mail message for which the receiver can verify its sender.