Nitro PDF Professional User Guide

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Before you can receive files encrypted for your digital ID you must create your digital ID and then share its
certificate with people you intend to share certificate-secured files with. You must have also received and
imported another person’s certificate before you can encrypt files for their use.
Note: When using certificate-based security, remember to add your own certificate as an
intended recipient – if you don’t you will not have access to the PDF once it has been
secured.
There are two ways to secure a PDF file using certificate security:
· Certificate Security dialog. In the Document Properties area of Nitro PDF Professional you can view
security settings and manually apply security.
· Security profiles. The re-usable security profiles allow you to save custom security settings and then
apply those settings to a document with one click. Profiles can include details on the recipients you
allow under the profile so it’s especially easy to secure documents the same way for each recipient
each time.
To apply certificate security:
1. Do one of the following:
· Click the Nitro PDF Button , and then click Document Properties . On the Security tab, in
the Security method list, select Certificate security and click Change Settings.
· On the Secure and Sign ribbon tab, in the Secure Document group, click Certificate Security .
2. In the Certify Security dialog, click on each contact you want to allow access to your secured file,
and click Add. To restrict usage for each recipient as you add them, click the Restricted Permissions
option and then choose what functionality you would like to restrict for that person.
3. Click OK or Finish.
4. Click the Nitro PDF Button , and then click Save to apply the security.
To apply certificate security with a security profile:
1. Ensure that you have already created a security profile. To view and manage profiles, on the Secure
ribbon tab, in the Secure Document group, click Manage Profiles .
2. On the Secure and Sign tab, in the Secure Document group, click the arrow below Certificate
Security.
3. Click the security profile from the list.
4. Click the Nitro PDF Button , and then click Save to apply the security.
10.4 Security profiles
The beauty of security profiles is that you can re-use them repeatedly. So, instead of re-entering passwords
or re-adding recipient names every time, you simply open up the file in Nitro PDF Professional and select the
security profile from a list. If you’re using certificate-based security and you’re regularly sending files to the
same people, setting up security profiles will save you a lot of time.
To view your security policies:
1. On the Secure and Sign tab, in the Secure Document group, click Manage Policies .
2. In the Security profiles pane, click on each policy to view its details.
To edit a security policy: