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Signing a batch, step by step

The eight steps of the graphical wizard, from choosing a template to reading the report, with a screenshot of each.

The graphical wizard walks through eight steps. A stepper marks completed steps green and problems red, contextual help sits beside every form, and switching language re-renders the current step without losing anything you entered.

  1. Choose a template

    Pick a model PDF that every document in the batch should match. Signing a single document? Choose that document itself as the template.

  2. Add the documents

    Select individual files or whole folders. Folders are searched for PDFs automatically.

  3. Validate against the template

    Each file is checked for the same page count and exactly identical page dimensions. A pass/fail table shows the result, and rejected files are never signed. If some files have a different page count — scanned annexes appended, for instance — a selector appears so every file is signed on its own first or last page instead.

  4. Choose an output folder

    Signed files are written as {name}_signe.pdf. Existing files are never overwritten; on a name collision, - 1, - 2 and so on are appended.

  5. Choose the signature type

    eID, Azure or image, plus the PAdES level (b-lta by default). In Azure mode a panel collects the vault settings and offers a “Sign in with Microsoft” action. A “Full documentation” button opens this same reference inside the app.

  6. Place the mark

    The target page is rendered for real. Click where the mark should sit — in eID and Azure modes the visible vignette is signed exactly there. A manual page field is available, and when page counts differ the first/last selector appears here too.

  7. Sign

    A summary of everything chosen, a reminder to insert the eID card in eID mode, then progress as each document is signed. In eID mode the PIN is requested once per document; in Azure mode you signed in once for the whole batch.

  8. Read the report

    A per-document result table with the level actually achieved for each file — for example “PAdES-B-LTA, LTV ok” — and a button that opens the output folder.

Prefer the console? The same batch runs as a single command — see the command line section below.

Screenshots are of the English interface; the wizard also speaks French, Dutch, German, Spanish and Portuguese.