How to Use a Digital ID in Signing and Encryption

How to Use a Digital ID
in Signing and Encryption
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After installing the digital ID received by email from Egypt Trust, your digital ID and private key are
ready to be used with any application that works with Windows’ cryptography. You should just
configure your software to use the certificate. (Please refer to 01_PKI_Installation_Guide.PDF)
In this manual, we provide you with a step by step guide of how to configure and use your digital
ID in the following applications:
1.
Microsoft Outlook 2003
2.
Microsoft Word 2003
3.
Microsoft Outlook 2007
4.
Microsoft Word 2007
5.
Microsoft Outlook Express 6
6.
Adobe Reader 8.0
Office 2003: Setup and Usage in Microsoft Outlook 2003
How to setup Outlook to add your Digital Signature per each sent message by default:
1. Open Outlook 2003 and select Tools > Options
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2.
Select Security tab, and mark the check box <Add digital signature to outgoing
messages>, then click on Settings
3.
Under Certificates and Algorithms, there are two Choose buttons. The first allows you to
select a Digital ID to sign your e-mails and the second allows you to choose a Digital ID to encrypt
your e-mail messages
4.
Click Choose and select your Digital ID
5.
Click OK
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How to Send a Signed Message:
1. Open a new message.
2. After writing your message and before sending it, from the menu bar, click Message; click
Digitally Sign Icon (envelope with red ribbon)
3. Then complete and send the message.
How to Send an Encrypted Message:
To send someone an encrypted message, you need a copy of that person's public key of his
certificate. You can get it when you receive for the first time a digitally signed message from that
person. Then, follow these steps:
1. Open the digitally signed message.
2.
Right-click the name in the from field, and on the shortcut menu click Add To Contacts
3. If you have an entry for this person on your contacts list, click Update This Address. The
public key is stored with your contact entry for this person. You can now send encrypted email
messages to this person
4. Open a new message.
5. After writing your message and before sending it, from the menu bar, click Message; click
Digitally Encrypt Icon (envelope with blue ribbon)
6. Then complete and send the message.
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Office 2003: Setup and Usage in Microsoft Word 2003
Open the saved document that you want to add your digital signature to.
1.
3.
Click Tools and Select Options
2.
Choose Security tab then option
Digital Signatures
Click Add and Select the certificate then Press OK.
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4.
In the bottom status bar you will find the following signature mark demonstrating that the
document includes a digital signature.
Office 2007: Setup and Usage in Microsoft Outlook 2007
How to setup Outlook to add your Digital Signature per each sent message and/or encrypt
the message by default:
1.
Open Outlook 2007 and select Tools > Trust Center
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2.
Select E-mail Security. Under Encrypted e-mail, mark the check box <Add digital
signature to outgoing messages>, then click on Settings button
3. Under Certificates and Algorithms, there are two Choose buttons. The first allows
you to select a Digital ID to sign your e-mails and the second allows you to choose a
Digital ID to encrypt your e-mail messages.
4. Click Choose and select your Digital ID.
5. Click OK.
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How to Send a Signed Message:
1. Open a new message.
2. After writing your message and before sending it, from the menu bar, click Message; click
Digitally Sign Icon (envelope with red ribbon)
3. Then complete and send the message.
How to Send an Encrypted Message:
To send someone an encrypted message, you need a copy of that person's public key of his
certificate. You can get it when you receive for the first time a digitally signed message from that
person. Then, follow these steps:
1.
Open the digitally signed message.
2.
Right-click the name in the from field, and on the shortcut menu click Add To Contacts
3.
If you have an entry for this person on your contacts list, click Update This Address. The
public key is stored with your contact entry for this person. You can now send encrypted email
messages to this person
4.
Open a new message.
5.
After writing your message and before sending it, from the menu bar, click Message; click
Digitally Encrypt Icon (envelope with blue ribbon)
6.
Then complete and send the message.
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Office 2007: Setup and Usage in Microsoft Word 2007
1.
2.
Open the saved document that you want to add your digital signature to.
Click on office button at the top left corner on the screen
3.
Select prepare than choose Add a Digital Signature
4.
If you have more than one certificate installed, click on change to choose the correct
signature then your default installed certificate will be shown. Afterwards, click on Sign.
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5.
In the bottom status bar you will find the following signature mark demonstrating that the
document includes a digital signature.
Setup and Usage in Outlook Express 6
How to setup Outlook to add your Digital Signature per each sent message and/or encrypt
the message by default:
1.
Click Tools > Accounts.
2.
3.
Click the Mail tab then click the mail account in which you want to use a Digital ID.
Click Properties
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4.
On the Security tab, click Select
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5.
Then Select the certificate you want to use
6.
Click OK twice, and then click Close.
How to Send a Signed Message:
1.
2.
3.
Open a new message.
Click Tools > Digitally Sign.
Complete and send the message.
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Setup and Usage in Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
Note: to sign a PDF document, you need Adobe Acrobat Professional and not
Adobe Reader
How to setup your Digital ID in Acrobat 8 Professional:
1.
From the Menu <Advanced>, choose <Security Settings>
2.
You will find your certificate already imported in the store.
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To sign the PDF document, choose <Advanced>, then <Sign & Certify>, then <Place
Signature>
Place your signature on the file (in the area that you select).
You will get the following screen shot:
The final signature on the file will look as follows:
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If you still have any problems, questions and/or inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us
through:
Egypt Trust
177, Orouba St., Heliopolis
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Customer Service Department
Telephone: 02-22668856 / 22665755 / 22665855
FAX : 02-22668856
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.egypttrust.com
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