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Digital Signature User Guide for Acrobat 9.0 and Adobe Reader 9.0 (PDF, 2 MB)

Adobe (Nov. 24, 2008)
This guide describes how users can configure and use the application for signing and signature validation, register a digital ID for use in Acrobat, and manage public key certificates in use within your system. It also describes how system administrators can deploy and support the Acrobat family of products in digital signature workflows. The guide should be used in conjunction with the Acrobat Security Administration Guide.

Document Security User Guide for Acrobat 9.0 and Adobe Reader 9.0 (PDF, 1 MB)

Adobe (Nov. 24, 2008)
This guide describes how users can configure and use the application to register a digital ID for use in Acrobat and manage public key certificates in use within your system. It also describes how system administrators can deploy and support the Acrobat family of products in document security workflows. The guide should be used in conjunction with the Acrobat Security Administration Guide.

Digital signature validation cheat sheet (PDF, 302K)

Adobe (Oct. 27, 2008)
Get a quick reference to Document and Signatures status values, identity checks, document integrity checks, and troubleshooting tips.

Adobe Acrobat 9 digital signature appearances (PDF, 251K)

Adobe (Sept. 22, 2008)
This document provides guidelines for the programmatic generation of standardized appearances for signatures in PDF documents.

Migrating and Sharing security settings: Using Security Settings Import/Export and FDF files (PDF, 374K)

Adobe (Sept. 15, 2008)
Learn how to use a new feature in Acrobat 9.0 that helps system administrators and users migrate existing security settings through version upgrades and across multiple machines. Unlike FDF files, the new .acrobatsecurity settings file supports the import and export of all settings including digital ID data, trust, server details, signing preferences, and so on. Settings can only be exported from Acrobat but settings can be imported by both Acrobat and Adobe Reader.

Security for Flash Player compatible content in Acrobat 9 (PDF, 142K)

Adobe (July 28, 2008)
Get an overview of the security model for Flash Player compatible content playing inside Acrobat and Adobe Reader software.

Acrobat 9 Security Administration Guide (PDF, 2MB)

Adobe (Updated Oct. 27, 2008)
Get the information for deploying and supporting the Adobe Acrobat family of products (including Adobe Reader) where these applications are used for digital signatures and document security.

Deploying Adobe Reader (PDF, 220k) (Updated)

Adobe (July 7, 2008)
Deploy, maintain, and support Adobe Reader across your organization. Corporations, government agencies, and educational institutions can distribute Adobe Reader internally on an intranet site or a local network. This document discusses issues which you should consider before deployment and explains how to download and expand the compressed installer package.

Digital Signature User Guide for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader version 8.x (PDF, 3.1M)

Adobe (June 18, 2007)
This guide describes the digital signature features of the Adobe Acrobat 8.x family of products both for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader users as well as for security administrators.

Security Administration Guide for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Version 8 (PDF, 2.9M)

Adobe (June 18, 2007)
This document provides guidelines for deploying and configuring Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader for use in digital signature and document security workflows.

Document Security User Guide for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader version 8.x (PDF, 2.2M)

Adobe (June 18, 2007)
This guide describes the document security features of the Adobe Acrobat 8.x family of products. It is for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader users and administrators who may be responsible for deploying and supporting the Adobe Acrobat family of products in security workflows. This guide should be used in conjunction with the Adobe Acrobat Security Administration Guide.

Download Adobe Customization Wizard 8

Adobe (March 19, 2007)
Adobe Customization Wizard 8 is a free downloadable utility designed to help IT professionals take greater control of enterprise-wide deployments of Adobe Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader 8. With it you can customize the installer and application features prior to deployment.

Minimizing exposure of personal information on public computers for Adobe Reader 7 (PDF, 763 KB)

Adobe (Dec. 18, 2006)
Minimize the amount of sensitive information that might be exposed when Adobe Reader 7 is used on a public computer.

Developing for Adobe Reader (PDF, 947K)

This guide provides an introduction to the components of the Adobe Acrobat Software Development Kit (SDK) that are relevant to development for Adobe Reader. This document provides a starting point for developers who would like to understand how to extend or customize Adobe Reader, and provides information clarifying how such efforts differ from those intended for Acrobat. This guide is meant for developers who are either new to Adobe Reader development or have experience with the Acrobat SDK.

Developing Plug-ins and Applications (PDF, 4.6M)

This guide describes Acrobat plug-in and PDF Library application development concepts and how to develop Acrobat plug-ins and PDF Library applications. It shows how your plug-in can manipulate and enhance the Acrobat and Adobe Reader® user interface and the contents of underlying PDF documents. This guide also describes how to upgrade plug-ins from Acrobat 7 to Acrobat 8, provides platform-specific techniques for developing plug-ins, and lists the Acrobat SDK header files.

Adobe Reader 8 JavaScript Debugger

Use this file to enable the JavaScript Debugger in Adobe Reader, as described in “Developing Acrobat Applications Using JavaScript”

Adobe Reader 7.X Security User’s Guide: Digital Signatures and Security Methods
(PDF, 1.9M)

(June 2006)
This document describes the basic digital signature and security concepts that a recipient of a digitally signed document will use in Adobe Reader 7.X.

Adobe Reader 7.0 JavaScript Debugger

Use this file to enable the JavaScript Debugger in Adobe Reader, as described in the Acrobat JavaScript Scripting Guide.