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2008-12-16 13:14:02
Arcaniss
Registered: Dec 16 2008
Posts: 4

I'm a little confused about how to do this. I am using Acrobat 8 Pro.

I have a document which a user can open and fill all the fields in, and then sign the document.

Then the document will be moving to another user, who reviews it. If the second user needs to make changes, I need them to be able to sign the document as well.

What i am looking for, is a way to view the document history. Is there a way I can pull up the document at different points (eg; pre-signing, after user 1 signs, after user 2 signs, etc?)

Please let me know if there is any way I can do this. Thank you.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.0, Windows
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2009-01-02 13:26:30
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plevy
Expert
Registered: Jul 8 2008
Posts: 80
Yes you can. Open the Signature navigation panel (Click the signature panel button in the document message bar in Acrobat 9 or click View > Navigation Panels > Signatures). For each signature, you can right-click and select View Signed Version which shows you the document as it appeared when it was signed. Acrobat 9 also shows the change history in the signature panel. There is also a way to compare versions (Compare Signed Version to Current Version) which will show what changed.Use caution when creating workflows where one user fills in data and signs and then another user changes the filled in data and signs again. You can do this, but the more changes that get made after signatures are applied, the closer you get to invalidating the earlier signatures and making the legitimacy of the document questionable. I speak generally here because in your environment and application this may be fine but other applications are better served by a workflow in which all of the fill-in (including any edits) preceeds any signing.
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2009-01-06 16:49:20
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Arcaniss
Registered: Dec 16 2008
Posts: 4
thanks for that information, i'll check that out, I'm on version 8 of adobe, so maybe an update would be the best bet for getting everything i'm looking for. currently, i'm converting everything from adobe to life-cycle, which removes a lot of excess junk that I needed originally, so Digital signatures are on hold, but hopefully that will be enough to satisfy the higher powers. Thanks again!
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