Content Manager 25.1 Content Manager

# Re-signing electronic documents

When an electronic document fails verification or has been modified, you need to re-sign the document.

1. Search for the record with the electronic document
2. Right-click the record and select Electronic - Signature.

   If the document already has a digital signature attached, the Digital Signature Re-sign dialogue box appears.

   - Re-sign the document - updates the attached digital signature.

     This enables you to re-sign the document by attaching a digital signature from a certificate.

     This option will only be available if the digital signature certificate has been set up.

     Accept the default certificate or use the drop-down list to select another certificate, if installed.

   - Replace signature with an external signature file - used for signing an electronic document that has been extracted from another Content Manager dataset.

     For example, if you have a signed document in dataset A and extract it with its digital signature, you can check in the document to dataset B and then attach its digital signature.

     Select to make the Signature file field available:

     - Type in the signature file path and file name or use the Browse button to select a file
     - Verify the external signature file - verifies the external signature you have attached to the electronic document
   - Verify the existing signature on the document.

     See Verifying electronic signatures.

3. Click OK.

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Version 25.1 | Last updated January 2025
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Product: Content Manager 25.1

Topic Title: Re-signing electronic documents