AllLangHelp_swriter.mk | 1 source/text/shared/guide/digital_signatures.xhp | 66 ++++++++++++------------ source/text/swriter/01/04090001.xhp | 20 +++---- source/text/swriter/01/paragraph_signature.xhp | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
New commits: commit 79b57de908932267b64efeec42002431417eb965 Author: colton Garrett <coltongarret...@gmail.com> AuthorDate: Wed Apr 17 16:27:22 2024 -0300 Commit: Olivier Hallot <olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org> CommitDate: Thu Apr 18 12:32:45 2024 +0200 tdf#137292 (Part) Paragraph Signature Help page. Change-Id: I2786dd736903426d62a6ee88d4c79265ce4bfed4 Signed-off-by: Olivier Hallot <olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org> Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/help/+/166187 Tested-by: Jenkins diff --git a/AllLangHelp_swriter.mk b/AllLangHelp_swriter.mk index 8cac07177f..838b8a291a 100644 --- a/AllLangHelp_swriter.mk +++ b/AllLangHelp_swriter.mk @@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ $(eval $(call gb_AllLangHelp_add_helpfiles,swriter,\ helpcontent2/source/text/swriter/01/mm_seltab \ helpcontent2/source/text/swriter/01/outlinecontent_visibility \ helpcontent2/source/text/swriter/01/pagenumbering \ + helpcontent2/source/text/swriter/01/paragraph_signature \ helpcontent2/source/text/swriter/01/protectdocument \ helpcontent2/source/text/swriter/01/RowSplit \ helpcontent2/source/text/swriter/01/selection_mode \ diff --git a/source/text/shared/guide/digital_signatures.xhp b/source/text/shared/guide/digital_signatures.xhp index 6bd0633073..c6141cb216 100644 --- a/source/text/shared/guide/digital_signatures.xhp +++ b/source/text/shared/guide/digital_signatures.xhp @@ -21,89 +21,89 @@ <meta> <topic id="textsharedguidedigital_signaturesxhp" indexer="include"> - <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">About Digital Signatures</title> + <title id="tit">About Digital Signatures</title> <filename>/text/shared/guide/digital_signatures.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> -<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id7430951"><bookmark_value>certificates</bookmark_value> +<bookmark branch="index" id="bm_id7430951"><bookmark_value>certificates</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>digital signatures;overview</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>security;digital signatures</bookmark_value> </bookmark><comment>mw moved 1 entry to digitalsign_send.xhp and made "digital signatures" a two level entry and added a new entry</comment> <h1 id="hd_id2767418"><variable id="digital_signatures"><link href="text/shared/guide/digital_signatures.xhp">About Digital Signatures</link> </variable></h1> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10632" role="paragraph">In %PRODUCTNAME, you can digitally sign your documents and macros. </paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_idN10632" role="paragraph">In %PRODUCTNAME, you can digitally sign your documents and macros. </paragraph> <h2 id="hd_id6564531">Certificates</h2> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10639" role="paragraph">To sign a document digitally, you need a personal key, the certificate. A personal key is stored on your computer as a combination of a private key, which must be kept secret, and a public key, which you add to your documents when you sign them.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_idN10639" role="paragraph">To sign a document digitally, you need a personal key, the certificate. A personal key is stored on your computer as a combination of a private key, which must be kept secret, and a public key, which you add to your documents when you sign them.</paragraph> <h2 id="par_idN1066D">Save and sign the document</h2> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10671" role="paragraph">When you apply a digital signature to a document, a kind of checksum is computed from the document's content plus your personal key. The checksum and your public key are stored together with the document.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_idN10671" role="paragraph">When you apply a digital signature to a document, a kind of checksum is computed from the document's content plus your personal key. The checksum and your public key are stored together with the document.</paragraph> <h2 id="par_idN10674">Open a signed document</h2> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10678" role="paragraph">When someone later opens the document on any computer with a recent version of %PRODUCTNAME, the program will compute the checksum again and compare it with the stored checksum. If both are the same, the program will signal that you see the original, unchanged document. In addition, the program can show you the public key information from the certificate.</paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1067B" role="paragraph">You can compare the public key with the public key that is published on the web site of the certificate authority.</paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1067E" role="paragraph">Whenever someone changes something in the document, this change breaks the digital signature. After the change, there will be no sign that you see the original document.</paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2008200911381426" role="paragraph">The result of the signature validation is displayed in the status bar and within the Digital Signature dialog. Several documents and macro signatures can exist inside an ODF document. If there is a problem with one signature, then the validation result of that one signature is assumed for all signatures. That is, if there are ten valid signatures and one invalid signature, then the status bar and the status field in the dialog will flag the signature as invalid.</paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200911571878" role="paragraph">You can see any of the following icons and messages when you open a signed document.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_idN10678" role="paragraph">When someone later opens the document on any computer with a recent version of %PRODUCTNAME, the program will compute the checksum again and compare it with the stored checksum. If both are the same, the program will signal that you see the original, unchanged document. In addition, the program can show you the public key information from the certificate.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_idN1067B" role="paragraph">You can compare the public key with the public key that is published on the web site of the certificate authority.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_idN1067E" role="paragraph">Whenever someone changes something in the document, this change breaks the digital signature. After the change, there will be no sign that you see the original document.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id2008200911381426" role="paragraph">The result of the signature validation is displayed in the status bar and within the Digital Signature dialog. Several documents and macro signatures can exist inside an ODF document. If there is a problem with one signature, then the validation result of that one signature is assumed for all signatures. That is, if there are ten valid signatures and one invalid signature, then the status bar and the status field in the dialog will flag the signature as invalid.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200911571878" role="paragraph">You can see any of the following icons and messages when you open a signed document.</paragraph> <table id="tbl_id0821200912400398"> <tablerow> <tablecell> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200912504050" role="tablehead">Icon in Status bar</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200912504050" role="tablehead">Icon in Status bar</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200912504061" role="tablehead">Signature status</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200912504061" role="tablehead">Signature status</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200912504010" role="tablecontent"> -<image id="img_id0821200912421569" src="xmlsecurity/res/certificate_16.png" width="0.1665in" height="0.1665in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id0821200912421569">Icon</alt> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200912504010" role="tablecontent"> +<image id="img_id0821200912421569" src="xmlsecurity/res/certificate_16.png" width="0.1665in" height="0.1665in"><alt id="alt_id0821200912421569">Icon</alt> </image></paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200912504189" role="tablecontent">The signature is valid.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200912504189" role="tablecontent">The signature is valid.</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id082120091250418" role="tablecontent"> -<image id="img_id0821200912431081" src="xmlsecurity/res/notcertificate_16.png" width="0.1665in" height="0.1665in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id0821200912431081">Icon</alt> + <paragraph id="par_id082120091250418" role="tablecontent"> +<image id="img_id0821200912431081" src="xmlsecurity/res/notcertificate_16.png" width="0.1665in" height="0.1665in"><alt id="alt_id0821200912431081">Icon</alt> </image></paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200912504133" role="tablecontent">The signature is OK, but the certificates could not be validated.</paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200912504165" role="tablecontent">The signature and the certificate are OK, but not all parts of the document are signed. (For documents that were signed with old versions of the software, see note below.)</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200912504133" role="tablecontent">The signature is OK, but the certificates could not be validated.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200912504165" role="tablecontent">The signature and the certificate are OK, but not all parts of the document are signed. (For documents that were signed with old versions of the software, see note below.)</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200912504237" role="tablecontent"> -<image id="img_id0821200912435090" src="svx/res/caution_11x16.png" width="0.1665in" height="0.1146in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id0821200912435090">Icon</alt> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200912504237" role="tablecontent"> +<image id="img_id0821200912435090" src="svx/res/caution_11x16.png" width="0.1665in" height="0.1146in"><alt id="alt_id0821200912435090">Icon</alt> </image></paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200912504233" role="tablecontent">The signature is invalid.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200912504233" role="tablecontent">The signature is invalid.</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> </table> <h3 id="hd_id0821200910191787">Signatures and software versions</h3> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200910191747" role="paragraph">The signing of contents got changed with OpenOffice.org 3.2 and StarOffice 9.2. Now all contents of the files, except the signature file itself (META-INF/documentsignatures.xml) are signed. </paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200910191774" role="paragraph">When you sign a document with OpenOffice.org 3.2 or StarOffice 9.2 or a later version, and you open that document in an older version of the software, the signature will be displayed as "invalid". Signatures created with older versions of the software will be marked with "only parts of the document are signed" when loaded in the newer software.</paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200910191775" role="paragraph">When you sign an OOXML document, then the signature will be always marked with "only parts of the document are signed". Metadata of OOXML files are never signed, to be compatible with Microsoft Office.</paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200910191776" role="paragraph">When you sign a PDF document, then this marking is not used. Signing only parts of the document is simply an invalid signature.</paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0821200910191777" role="paragraph">Signing other document formats is not supported at the moment.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200910191747" role="paragraph">The signing of contents got changed with OpenOffice.org 3.2 and StarOffice 9.2. Now all contents of the files, except the signature file itself (META-INF/documentsignatures.xml) are signed. </paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200910191774" role="paragraph">When you sign a document with OpenOffice.org 3.2 or StarOffice 9.2 or a later version, and you open that document in an older version of the software, the signature will be displayed as "invalid". Signatures created with older versions of the software will be marked with "only parts of the document are signed" when loaded in the newer software.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200910191775" role="paragraph">When you sign an OOXML document, then the signature will be always marked with "only parts of the document are signed". Metadata of OOXML files are never signed, to be compatible with Microsoft Office.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200910191776" role="paragraph">When you sign a PDF document, then this marking is not used. Signing only parts of the document is simply an invalid signature.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id0821200910191777" role="paragraph">Signing other document formats is not supported at the moment.</paragraph> <note id="par_id2008200911583098">When you load an ODF document, you might see an icon in the status bar and the status field in the dialog that indicates that the document is only partially signed. This status will appear when the signature and certificate are valid, but they were created with a version of OpenOffice.org before 3.2 or StarOffice before 9.2. In versions of OpenOffice.org before 3.0 or StarOffice before 9.0, the document signature was applied to the main contents, pictures and embedded objects only and some contents, like macros, were not signed. In OpenOffice.org 3.0 and StarOffice 9.0 the document signature was applied to most content, including macros. However, the mimetype and the content of the META-INF folder were not signed. And in OpenOffice.org 3.2, StarOffice 9.2, and all versions of LibreOffice all contents, except the signature file itself (META-INF/documentsignatures.xml), are signed.</note> <h2 id="hd_id9354228">Security Warnings</h2> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2372508" role="paragraph">When you receive a signed document, and the software reports that the signature is valid, this does not mean that you can be absolutely sure that the document is the same that the sender has sent. Signing documents with software certificates is not a perfectly secure method. Numerous ways are possible to circumvent the security features.</paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7953123" role="paragraph">Example: Think about someone who wants to camouflage his identity to be a sender from your bank. He can easily get a certificate using a false name, then send you any signed email pretending he is working for your bank. You will get that email, and the email or the document within has the "valid signed" icon. </paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6195257" role="paragraph">Do not trust the icon. Inspect and verify the certificates.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id2372508" role="paragraph">When you receive a signed document, and the software reports that the signature is valid, this does not mean that you can be absolutely sure that the document is the same that the sender has sent. Signing documents with software certificates is not a perfectly secure method. Numerous ways are possible to circumvent the security features.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id7953123" role="paragraph">Example: Think about someone who wants to camouflage his identity to be a sender from your bank. He can easily get a certificate using a false name, then send you any signed email pretending he is working for your bank. You will get that email, and the email or the document within has the "valid signed" icon. </paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id6195257" role="paragraph">Do not trust the icon. Inspect and verify the certificates.</paragraph> <warning id="par_id8635517">The validation of a signature is not a legally binding guarantee of any kind.</warning> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6075624" role="paragraph">On Windows operating systems, the Windows features of validating a signature are used. On Solaris and Linux systems, files that are supplied by Thunderbird, Mozilla or Firefox are used. You must ensure that the files that are in use within your system are really the original files that were supplied by the original developers. For malevolent intruders, there are numerous ways to replace original files with other files that they supply.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id6075624" role="paragraph">On Windows operating systems, the Windows features of validating a signature are used. On Solaris and Linux systems, files that are supplied by Thunderbird, Mozilla or Firefox are used. You must ensure that the files that are in use within your system are really the original files that were supplied by the original developers. For malevolent intruders, there are numerous ways to replace original files with other files that they supply.</paragraph> <warning id="par_id6819971">The messages about validation of a signature that you see in %PRODUCTNAME are the messages that the validation files return. The %PRODUCTNAME software has no way to ensure that the messages reflect the true status of any certificate. The %PRODUCTNAME software only displays the messages that other files that are not under control of %PRODUCTNAME report. There is no legal responsibility of %PRODUCTNAME that the displayed messages reflect the true status of a digital signature.</warning> <section id="relatedtopics"> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id681543699425744" localize="false"><embedvar href="text/shared/guide/openpgp.xhp#openpgph1" markup="ignore"/></paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3204443" role="paragraph"><link href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/How_to_use_digital_Signatures">English Wiki page on digital signatures</link></paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id3204443" role="paragraph"><link href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/How_to_use_digital_Signatures">English Wiki page on digital signatures</link></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id221638101291847" localize="false"><embedvar href="text/shared/guide/digitalsign_send.xhp#digitalsign_send" markup="ignore"/></paragraph> - <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3448591" role="paragraph"><link href="text/shared/guide/digitalsign_receive.xhp">Opening a document using WebDAV over HTTPS</link></paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id3448591" role="paragraph"><link href="text/shared/guide/digitalsign_receive.xhp">Opening a document using WebDAV over HTTPS</link></paragraph> </section> </body> </helpdocument> diff --git a/source/text/swriter/01/04090001.xhp b/source/text/swriter/01/04090001.xhp index 82787623fb..ae5e038c0f 100644 --- a/source/text/swriter/01/04090001.xhp +++ b/source/text/swriter/01/04090001.xhp @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ <body> <section id="document"> -<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/@@nowidget@@" id="bm_@@nowidget@@" localize="false"/> -<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/FldDocumentPage" id="bm_id3145246" localize="false"/> +<bookmark branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/@@nowidget@@" id="bm_@@nowidget@@" localize="false"/> +<bookmark branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/FldDocumentPage" id="bm_id3145246" localize="false"/> <h1 id="hd_id3150017"><link href="text/swriter/01/04090001.xhp">Document</link></h1> <paragraph id="par_id3147167" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid=".">Fields are used to insert information about the current document, for example, file name, template, statistics, user data, date, and time.</ahelp></paragraph> @@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id911603998090123">To insert a field in your document, first select the field <emph>Type</emph>, then click in the <emph>Select</emph> list, to choose which information item should be inserted, then click <emph>Insert</emph>.</paragraph> <section id="fieldtype"> -<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/type" id="bm_id3153666" localize="false"/> +<bookmark branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/type" id="bm_id3153666" localize="false"/> <h2 id="hd_id3151312">Type</h2> <paragraph id="par_id3153672" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/type">Lists the available field types. </ahelp></paragraph> </section> <section id="select"> -<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/select" id="bm_id3150671" localize="false"/> +<bookmark branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/select" id="bm_id3150671" localize="false"/> <h2 id="hd_id3150660">Select<comment>on "Document" and "DocInformation" tab page this is called "Select", on the other tab pages "Selection"</comment></h2> <paragraph id="par_id3150678" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/select">Lists what information can be inserted for a selected field type.</ahelp></paragraph> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell> - <paragraph id="par_id821601755856152" role="tablecontent">Paragraph Signature</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id821601755856152" localize="false" role="tablecontent"><embedvar href="text/swriter/01/paragraph_signature.xhp#h1" markup="ignore"/></paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell> <paragraph id="par_id611601755863247" role="tablecontent">Inserts a meta-data field with a digital signature for the paragraph. You must have a digital certificate to sign a paragraph.</paragraph> @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ <tip id="par_id3155537">To quickly insert a field from the <emph>Select</emph> list, double-click the field.</tip> <section id="format"> -<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/format" id="bm_id3145607" localize="false"/> +<bookmark branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/format" id="bm_id3145607" localize="false"/> <h2 id="hd_id3145595">Format</h2> <paragraph id="par_id3145613" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/format">If a field is displaying a date, time or number, then <emph>Format</emph> is used to customize the appearance of the date, time, or number. Common formats are shown in the Format window, or click "Additional formats" to define a custom format.</ahelp></paragraph> </section> @@ -161,18 +161,18 @@ <paragraph id="par_id3156079" role="paragraph">For type <emph>Heading</emph>, choose the format <menuitem>Heading number</menuitem> to display the heading number with the separator specified in <link href="text/swriter/01/06060000.xhp"><menuitem>Tools - Heading Numbering</menuitem></link>.</paragraph> <paragraph id="par_id3154867" role="paragraph">Choose <menuitem>Heading number without separator</menuitem> to display the heading number alone without the separator.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id741678670945615">If the selected heading is not numbered, then the field is left blank.</paragraph> -<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/fixed" id="bm_id3153014" localize="false"/> +<bookmark branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/fixed" id="bm_id3153014" localize="false"/> <paragraph id="par_id0902200804313432" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Inserts the field as static content, that is, the field cannot be updated.</ahelp></paragraph> <note id="par_id3154470">For the HTML export and import of date and time fields, <link href="text/swriter/01/04090007.xhp#date_and_time">special $[officename] formats</link> are used.</note> <embed href="text/swriter/01/04090004.xhp#fixedcontent"/> -<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/level" id="bm_id3153038" localize="false"/> +<bookmark branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/level" id="bm_id3153038" localize="false"/> <h3 id="hd_id3153026">Up to level</h3> <paragraph id="par_id3154580" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/level">Use this option with type <menuitem>Heading</menuitem> to specify which heading to display. The displayed heading is the first one before the field, whose outline level is equal to or less than the specified value.</ahelp></paragraph> -<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/offset" id="bm_id3154610" localize="false"/> +<bookmark branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/offset" id="bm_id3154610" localize="false"/> <section id="page_correction"> -<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/value" id="bm_id3150903" localize="false"/> +<bookmark branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/value" id="bm_id3150903" localize="false"/> <h3 id="hd_id3150891">Offset</h3> <paragraph id="par_id3155312" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/value">Enter the offset value that you want to apply to a page number field, for example "+1".</ahelp></paragraph> </section> diff --git a/source/text/swriter/01/paragraph_signature.xhp b/source/text/swriter/01/paragraph_signature.xhp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f4b679c696 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/text/swriter/01/paragraph_signature.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<helpdocument version="1.0"> + <!-- + * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. + * + * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. + * + --> + + <meta> + <topic id="text/swriter/01/paragraph_signature.xhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> + <title id="tit">Paragraph Signature</title> + <filename>/text/swriter/01/paragraph_signature.xhp</filename> + </topic> +</meta> +<body> +<bookmark branch="index" id="bm_id121713380761462"> + <bookmark_value>paragraph signature</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>insert;paragraph signature</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>paragraph signature;inserting</bookmark_value> +</bookmark> +<section id="para_signature"> + <h1 id="hd_id881713200146819"><variable id="h1"><link href="text/swriter/01/paragraph_signature.xhp">Paragraph Signature</link></variable></h1> + <paragraph id="par_id921713200146822" role="paragraph">Adds a digital signature to the end of any paragraph. You must have a digital certificate to sign a paragraph. </paragraph> +</section> +<section id="howtoget"> + <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#from_menu_bar"/> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id131713363687715">Choose <menuitem>Insert - Field - More Fields - Document</menuitem> tab, choose <menuitem>Paragraph Signature</menuitem> in the <menuitem>Type</menuitem> box, click <menuitem>Insert</menuitem>.</paragraph> + <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#from_tabUI"/> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id11713367261401">Choose <menuitem>Insert - Field - More Fields - Document</menuitem> tab, choose <menuitem>Paragraph Signature</menuitem> in the <menuitem>Type</menuitem> box, click <menuitem>Insert</menuitem>.</paragraph> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id271713381238721">Choose <menuitem>Home - Field - More Fields - Document</menuitem> tab, choose <menuitem>Paragraph Signature</menuitem> in the <menuitem>Type</menuitem> box, click <menuitem>Insert</menuitem>.</paragraph> + <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#from_keyboard"/> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id81713381120150"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline><keycode> + F2</keycode> and choose <menuitem>Paragraph Signature</menuitem> in the <menuitem>Type</menuitem> box, click <menuitem>Insert</menuitem>.</paragraph> +</section> + +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id781713200328847">A paragraph signature includes meta-data for the user who created the signature and the date the signature was created. Either <emph>Valid</emph> or <emph>Invalid</emph> is displayed as text at the end of a paragraph signature. By default, it displays <emph>Valid</emph>. If the paragraph is modified in any way after the paragraph signature is added, the signature changes to <emph>Invalid</emph>.</paragraph> + +<note id="par_id11713381369787">Upon saving a document, any <emph>Invalid</emph> paragraph signatures are automatically deleted.</note> + +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id721713200319243">A paragraph signature will indicate whether or not a particular paragraph has been modified at any time after the signature was inserted. Multiple paragraph signatures can be added, and each signature is independent from each other.</paragraph> + +<h2 id="hd_id351713200369156">To Insert a Paragraph Signature</h2> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id271713363489589">After navigating to Paragraph Signature in the More Fields dialog, click Insert to open the Select Certificate dialog.</paragraph> +<tip id="par_id81713200406731">A paragraph signature will always be inserted at the end of the currently selected paragraph. If the text cursor is not currently located within a paragraph of text, the Select Certificate dialog will not open.</tip> + +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id471713368898713">The Select Certificate dialog lists any of your digital certificates that are available for use. Choose the desired certificate and select <emph>Sign</emph> to insert a paragraph signature using the chosen digital certificate.</paragraph> + +<note id="par_id581713367684220">You must have a digital certificate in order to begin <link href="text/shared/guide/digitalsign_send.xhp">Applying Digital Signatures</link>.</note> +<section id="relatedtopics"> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1001713380135428" localize="false"><embedvar href="text/shared/guide/digital_signatures.xhp#digital_signatures" markup="ignore"/></paragraph> +</section> +</body> +</helpdocument>