Is there a version of Microsoft Word to do multiple signatures to a single document that would reside on our company server. This would be for internal use only.

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From your description, It seems impossible to add multiple Electronic signature to the same document.

Office 2007/2010 can let you add multiple digital signatures to the same document.

For 2007

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc545901(office.12).aspx

For 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc545900.aspx

 

Please take your time to try the suggestions and let me know the results at your earliest convenience. If anything is unclear or if there is anything I can do for you, please feel free to let me know.

 

Sincerely

William Zhou

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Thanks William. I got this far last week and I am hitting the same wall. After I sign it "Marks As Final" and makes it a read only. Then the next person opens it and it says it will remove the signature if you edit this file. How do you stop it from doing that and get to pass on. Also, right before I signed I got an error. I've enclosed both screen shots of what I am talking about.

You might get an invalid signature if the computer from which you are viewing a signed document does not have the root public certificate from which to verify the signer's certificate.  Install that onto your computer and it may correct the problem.

Once you edit a file, it will invalidate the signature.  The signature is generated such that if one bit of the document's data is flipped, the signature will be invalid and the document can be known to have been modified after its signature.

check this link this may help you out

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/collect-signatures-in-a-document-by-using-a-workflow-HA010220202.aspx

Multiple signatures are possible. Once the first person signs, on the lower left you will see Page: 1 of 1 | Words: 100 | and the red digital signature icon. Click the icon and a signatures box will open on the right.

There will be a requested signatures section which contains the names of those individuals who still need to sign the document. The person clicks their name and signs the document. No need to save the document its done automatically. The next person will do the same thing and no need to save after they do and so on.

No signatures are invalid as others sign.