View verification details in signatures panel

The Signatures panel shows information about every single digital signature in the current PDF document as well as the change history of the document. Each digital signature has an icon representing its validation status in the Signatures panel. You can expand each signature to check its detailed verification information.

Verification details listed in the Signatures panel

To open the Signatures panel, choose Security > Sign/Certify > Signatures panelor click on the Signatures panel icon  in the Sidebar Navigation pane. In the Signatures panel, do the following to get more information about verification:

• Click Click to view this version to view the version of the document signed by the selected signature.

• View the time the document was signed, the signing method, the validation status, and the name.

• Right-click a signature to do the following tasks: verify the signature, clear the signature field, view the signed version, and compare the signed version to the current version.

• Click on the signature to jump to its location in the document. A dotted line appears around the selected signature.

Status icons for PDF documents

Do any of the following to view the validity status and other verification details of the signature:

• Using the Hand tool, click on the signature field on the page to display the Validation Status dialog which shows signature validity and other verification details.

• Using either the Hand tool or Select tool, right-click on the signature field and select Properties…..

• The Signatures panel displays signature validation status and other verification details. You can click the Click to view this version link to open versions of signed documents.

Validation Status	Icon	Meaning
Valid		The document is certified and the document has not changed in a way not permitted by the certificate.
Valid		The identity of the signer was successfully verified as a trusted identity, and the document hasn’t been changed since this signature was added.
Valid		The identity of the signer was successfully verified. The revision of the document covered by this signature has not been altered, but there have been subsequent changes to the document. The current view of the document is not the same as when it was signed.
Invalid		The signature has been corrupted. The revision of the document covered by this signature has not been modified, but there have been subsequent changes to the document.
Validity Unknown		The identity of the signer was not yet able to be verified. The revision of the document that was covered by this signature has not been modified, but there have been subsequent changes to the document. The current view of the document is not the same as when it was signed.
Validity Unknown		The identity of the signer was not able to be verified. The revision of the document that was covered by this signature has not been verified, but there have been subsequent changes to the document.