How to create a digital signature in Excel 2007

Yogesh January 12, 2012 262
How to create a digital signature in Excel 2007

Steps you need to follow for creating an digital signature in your Microsoft excel 2007 .

  1. Press the Microsoft Office Button and then click Add a Digital Signatures. add_digital_sig_excel_2007Don’t forget to save your Excel workbook in the Excel 2007workbook format, before you add signatures.
  2. In the Get a Digital ID dialog box, just select Create your own digital IDadd_digital_signature_excel_2007Note : The Get a Digital ID dialog box appears only if you attempt to digitally sign a document without a digital certificate.
  3. In the Create a Digital IDdialog box, type the following information to include in your digital ID:add_digital_sign_excel_2007
  • In the Name box, type your name.
  • In the E-mail address box, type your e-mail address.
  • In the Organization box, type the name of your organization or company.
  • In the Location box, type your geographic location.
  • Just click on the “Create” button

4.    In the next step a dialogue box would appear up in your screen, just need to write the purpose of signing this document.

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Note:  It  signifies that digital signature can be authenticated only on the computer in which it has been created. [Article View] : 17600

262 Comments »

  1. Nitish Jindal January 12, 2012 at 10:51 PM -

    Very Useful Article. Really:)

  2. Sid January 12, 2012 at 10:54 PM -

    Yes, its quite useful !

  3. Jehnavi March 1, 2012 at 10:26 AM -

    I was with you until you mentioned using PDFpen, which I use as well. Why not put a scan or trackpad capture of your signature (with transparent background) in your library, and drag it to the location on the page where it’s needed? Scaling becomes a matter of dragging a corner handle