Use free Thawte certificate to sign Word 2007 document

[Doug Patterson]

Hi,

I have a free certificate from Thawte (http://www.thawte.com/secure-
email/personal-email-certificates/index.html) that I can use to sign
and encrypt email. Is it possible to sign a Word 2007 document using
this certificate? I have tried, but Word keeps directing me to either
purchase a digital ID at the Office Marketplace or generate a local
one. Are there any steps I can take to have Word recognise the Thawte
certificate?

Regards,
Doug

 

[Antoine Hauck]

Hi Doug.

Hmm... I don't have Word 2007 in my office. But I can sign a doc file in
Word 2003 with my thawte Freemail certificate, without using a Digital ID.

First of all your thawte cert must be installed as a personal certificate.
Use for that the Management Console SnapIn - Certificates (User account)

Then you just can go under Tools -> Options -> Security -> Digital Signatures

Your thawte cert should no be listed in the dialogbox. Select one and sifgn
your document.

Greetz
Antoine