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Feature	Benefit
Automated document signing Apply digital signatures to documents to preserve their integrity and authenticity. You can use signatures to meet your document retention needs even for documents that were not originally designed to capture signatures.	Leverage digital signatures that have legal validity to enable full electronic business processes in certain environments. Better prepare documents for long-term retention and compliance. Use signatures to mark approval for key business milestones in a document workflow. Improve efficiency and cycle time by automating the handling of all PDF documents. Sign documents individually or in batch mode.
Automated signature validation Confirm the validity of a signature and help ensure that a document has not been modified since the application of that signature.	Help ensure the authenticity and integrity of PDF documents. Meet records management compliance regulations. Use signature validation as an "eNotary" service for inbound documents.
Document publishing with certifying signatures Apply a certifying signature to documents and specify controls to permit or deny changes to the document in the business process downstream.	Detect modified files and unauthorized changes with well-articulated signature appearances and status. Enable forms to retain their data collection, annotation, and approval features. Enable certifying signatures to be applied individually or in batches using digital certificates from third-party vendors.
Certified Document Services (CDS) for document publishing Use CDS certificates for signing in Adobe® LiveCycle® Digital Signatures ES to allow the signature to validate in Adobe Reader® or Acrobat® software. Adobe partners with key Certificate Authorities (CAs) to provide these certificates.	Improve customer loyalty by providing a way to distinguish authentic documents from phishing attacks. Improve your online business process adoption by closing the loop on the "last mile" of electronic services. Build online trust and maximize innovation through a wider collaboration scheme.
PDF neutrality LiveCycle Digital Signatures ES can sign and verify signatures in any well-formed PDF document, regardless of the type of file used to generate it or whether it was generated by Adobe server products, Acrobat, or a third-party solution.	Sign any type of information that is saved in a PDF file (text, audio, image, or video files). Work with Acrobat forms, static XFA forms, and noninteractive PDF documents.
Extensible signing platform Extend the use of digital certificates issued by your in-house CA or from a CA vendor. Integration is available with standard Hardware Security Modules (HSMs).	Work within your existing enterprise PKI investments. Work virtually seamlessly with other LiveCycle applications that run in FIPS operating mode.

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