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Sign a PDF with a Digital Certificate

A certificate signature binds your identity to the document cryptographically. Unlike a drawn signature it can be verified by anyone, and any change made after signing invalidates it, which is why regulators and tender portals ask for it.

How to Sign a PDF with a Digital Certificate

  1. Upload the PDF.
  2. Provide your certificate file and its password.
  3. Sign, then download the signed document.

When you would use this

  • Signing tender submissions that require a DSC.
  • Approving statutory filings that must be verifiable.
  • Signing contracts where the signature must survive scrutiny.

Questions

What is a DSC?

A Digital Signature Certificate is an identity credential issued by a licensed Certifying Authority. In India these are commonly used for MCA, GST and e-tender filings.

How is this different from a drawn signature?

A drawn signature is an image. A certificate signature proves who signed and shows whether the file changed afterwards.

Can I sign without a certificate?

No. Use Sign PDF for a visible signature if you do not have one.

Need this at scale?

These tools handle one document at a time. When the job is thousands of files, Greenbooks handles document digitization as a managed service, including bulk scanning, OCR and metadata capture, with the output loaded into DocuVenta DMS. Talk to us about volume work.

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