Finished PDFs are sealed with your company certificate

What moves

When the last person signs, Contracts asks PDF Tools to seal the finished PDF with the certificate the administrator chose; a colleague can also sign with their own certificate. Without PDF Tools the copy is protected by its fingerprint.

Before you start

• PDF Tools in your plan
• A company certificate chosen in Contracts settings

Step by step

1. Contracts administratorContracts & E-Signature

   Chooses the company certificate under Settings → Company seal.

   You see:The certificate is saved; choosing it needs the right to sign in PDF Tools.

2. SystemPDF Tools & E-Signature

   Seals the finished PDF with that certificate when the last signer signs.

   You see:The signed copy carries a seal that any later change breaks; a failure is retried and, if it keeps failing, the copy is protected by its fingerprint and says so.

Related

• Contracts & E-Signature
• PDF Tools & E-Signature
• Job contracts and subcontracts are signed through Contracts
• Notes and follow-up live on every contract
• Signers and staff are told at every step
• A contract goes from request to signed copy
• A contract is approved by the right people before it is sent
• Connections between modules